OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database

Data as of: 2006-05-17

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Bivalvia Veneroida Veneridae 

Venerupis iridescens Tate, 1889

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Tapes iridescens auct.
   Venerupis iridescens Tate, 1889

Common Name

Shining Boring Venerid p.355      Macpherson, J.H. & Gabriel, C.J. 1962.  

Distribution

  ABRS RegionsAustraliaSouth Australia
  ABRS RegionsAustraliaTasmania
  ABRS RegionsAustraliaVictoria
  ABRS RegionsAustraliaWestern Australia
  OBIS RegionsTemperate Indo-West PacificSouthern HemisphereAustralia (S)South Australia
  OBIS RegionsTemperate Indo-West PacificSouthern HemisphereAustralia (S)Tasmania
  OBIS RegionsTemperate Indo-West PacificSouthern HemisphereAustralia (S)Victoria
  OBIS RegionsTemperate Indo-West PacificSouthern HemisphereAustralia (S)Western Australia
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricLower W coast
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricGreat Australian Bight
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricS Gulfs coast
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricBass Strait
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricTas. coast
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricSW coast
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricLower E coast
  ABRS RegionsAustraliaNew South Wales
  OBIS RegionsTemperate Indo-West PacificSouthern HemisphereAustralia (S)New South Wales

Keywords

depth: continental shelf [ to 22 fathoms (approx. 4.0.2m) ]
depth: subtidal 
habitat: beach 
habitat: rocky crevices [ in crevices od the limestone floor of Port Adelaide River ]

References

 Cotton, B.C. 1961. p.262 Secondary source
 Iredale, T. & McMichael, D.F. 1962. p.23 General reference
 Kerslake, J. 1957. p.112 Distribution
 Lamprell, K. & Whitehead, T. 1992. p.156 General reference

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Loboconcha
          Bivalvia
            Heterodonta
              Veneroida
                Veneroidea
                  Veneridae Rafinesque, 1815
                    Tapetinae Fischer, 1887
                      Venerupis Lamarck, 1818
                        Venerupis (Unplaced)
                          Venerupis (Unplaced) iridescens Tate, 1889

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=18285) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by Peter Ulrik Middelfart on 2002-07-02.