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Data as of: 2006-05-17

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Bivalvia Mytiloida Mytilidae 

Brachidontes (Brachidontes) rostratus (Dunker, 1857)

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Austromytilus rostratus auct.
   Mytilus rostratus Dunker, 1857

Common Name

Rostrate mussel p.290      Allan, J. 1950.  
Beaked mussel p.289      Macpherson, J.H. & Gabriel, C.J. 1962.  

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 RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricCentral E coast
  ABRS RegionsAustraliaNew South Wales
  ABRS RegionsAustraliaSouth Australia
  ABRS RegionsAustraliaTasmania
  ABRS RegionsAustraliaVictoria
  OBIS RegionsTemperate Indo-West PacificSouthern HemisphereAustralia (S)New South Wales
  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

References

 Iredale, T. & McMichael, D.F. 1962. p.13 General reference
 Lamprell, K. & Healy, J. 1998. p.78 General reference

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Loboconcha
          Bivalvia
            Pteriomorphia
              Mytiloida
                Mytilidae Rafinesque, 1815
                  Brachidontes Swainson, 1840
                    Brachidontes (Brachidontes) Swainson, 1840
                      Brachidontes (Brachidontes) rostratus (Dunker, 1857)

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=19362) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by Peter Ulrik Middelfart on 2002-01-02.