OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database
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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 Regions: Australia: South Australia
ABRS Regions: Australia: Tasmania
ABRS Regions: Australia: Victoria
ABRS Regions: Australia: Western Australia
OBIS Regions: Temperate Indo-West Pacific: Southern Hemisphere: Australia (S): South Australia
OBIS Regions: Temperate Indo-West Pacific: Southern Hemisphere: Australia (S): Tasmania
OBIS Regions: Temperate Indo-West Pacific: Southern Hemisphere: Australia (S): Victoria
OBIS Regions: Temperate Indo-West Pacific: Southern Hemisphere: Australia (S): Western Australia
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Lower W coast
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Great Australian Bight
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: S Gulfs coast
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Bass Strait
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Tas. coast
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: SW coast
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Lower E coast
ABRS Regions: Australia: New South Wales
OBIS Regions: Temperate Indo-West Pacific: Southern Hemisphere: Australia (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.