OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database
Data as of: 2006-05-17
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Bivalvia Arcoida Arcidae
Scapharca rufescens (Reeve, 1844)
Type of listing: Name in current use
Synonymy
Arca rufescens Reeve, 1844
Common Name
Red-Tinged Ark [species 53; used for the available name Arca rufescens] Reeve, L.A. 1844.
Distribution
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: Queensland
ABRS Regions: Australia: Northern Territory
ABRS Regions: Australia: Western Australia
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Australia (N)
Keywords
depth: intertidal
substrate: mud bottom
substrate: sand bottom
References
Lamprell, K. & Healy, J. 1998. p.56 General reference
Reeve, L.A. 1844. General reference
Classification
Animalia
Mollusca
Conchifera
Loboconcha
Bivalvia
Pteriomorphia
Arcoida
Arcoidea
Arcidae Lamarck, 1809
Scapharca Gray, 1847
Scapharca rufescens (Reeve, 1844)
Metadata
Taxon name record (intBiotaID=19074) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by Peter Ulrik Middelfart on 2001-07-30.