OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database
Data as of: 2006-05-17
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Bivalvia Arcoida Arcidae
Barbatia (Barbatia) cometa (Reeve, 1844)
Type of listing: Name in current use
Synonymy
Barbatia coma [sic]
Arca cometa Reeve, 1844
Barbatia cometa (Reeve, 1844)
Barbatirus mimulus Iredale, 1939
Common Name
Comet Ark [species 111; used for the available name Arca cometa] Reeve, L.A. 1844.
Distribution
Indo-Pacific, Red Sea, Australia, Philippines, South China Sea, Hainan, Taiwan to Honshu, Japan (Bernard, Cai & Morton, 1993)
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Great Barrier Reef
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Gulf of Carp.
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: N coast
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: NW coast
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: NE coast
ABRS Regions: Australia: Queensland
ABRS Regions: Australia: Northern Territory
ABRS Regions: Australia: Western Australia
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Australia (N)
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Philippines
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-China
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Central and East Indian Ocean
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Red Sea
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Central and East Indian Ocean
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: N coast
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Gulf of Carp.
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: NW coast
ABRS Regions: Australia: Western Australia
ABRS Regions: Australia: Northern Territory
Keywords
depth: intertidal
substrate: among rocks
substrate: rock bottom
References
Bernard, F.R., Cai, Y.Y. & Morton, B. 1993. p.21 Secondary source
Lamprell, K. & Healy, J. 1998. p.46 [distribution] General reference
Lamprell, K. & Healy, J. 1998. p.46 Synonomy
Classification
Animalia
Mollusca
Conchifera
Loboconcha
Bivalvia
Pteriomorphia
Arcoida
Arcoidea
Arcidae Lamarck, 1809
Barbatia Gray, 1842
Barbatia (Barbatia) Gray, 1842
Barbatia (Barbatia) cometa (Reeve, 1844)
Metadata
Taxon name record (intBiotaID=18953) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by Shannon Reid on 2003-05-11.