OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database

Data as of: 2006-05-17

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Bivalvia Nuculoida Nuculidae 

Nucula covra Bergmans, 1978

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Nucula covra Bergmans, 1978

Distribution

  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 bathymetricLower E coast
  ABRS RegionsAustraliaNew South Wales
  ABRS RegionsAustraliaVictoria
  ABRS RegionsAustraliaSouth Australia
  OBIS RegionsTemperate Indo-West PacificSouthern HemisphereAustralia (S)Tasmania

Keywords

depth: continental shelf 
depth: continental slope [ to 366 metres {LAMPRELL1998A} ]
substrate: in sand 

References

 Bergmans, W. 1978. p.696 [taxonomy, ecology, distribution]  General reference
 Lamprell, K. & Healy, J. 1998. p.32 General reference

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Loboconcha
          Bivalvia
            Protobranchia
              Nuculoida
                Nuculoidea
                  Nuculidae J.E. Gray, 1824
                    Nuculinae J.E. Gray, 1824
                      Nucula Lamarck, 1799
                        Nucula covra Bergmans, 1978

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=18718) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by Peter Ulrik Middelfart on 2001-08-07.