OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database

Data as of: 2006-05-17

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Bivalvia Mytiloida Mytilidae 

Brachidontes (Hormomya) erosa (Lamarck, 1819)

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Mytilus erosus Lamarck, 1819
   Mytilus polyodontus Quoy & Gaimard, 1834
   Mytilus magellanicus Menke, 1843
   Mytilus menkeanus Philippi, 1847

Common Name

Beaked mussel p.68      Allan, J. 1950.  
Rough beaked mussel p.289      Macpherson, J.H. & Gabriel, C.J. 1962.  

Distribution

  ABRS RegionsAustraliaWestern AustraliaSW coast
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricN coast
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricNW coast
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricCentral W coast
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricLower W coast
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricGreat Australian Bight
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricS Gulfs coast
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricBass Strait
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricTas. coast
  ABRS RegionsAustraliaNorthern Territory
  ABRS RegionsAustraliaWestern Australia
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificIndo-MalaysiaAustralia (N)Northern Territory
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificIndo-MalaysiaAustralia (N)Western Australia
  OBIS RegionsTemperate Indo-West PacificSouthern HemisphereAustralia (S)South Australia
  OBIS RegionsTemperate Indo-West PacificSouthern HemisphereAustralia (S)Western Australia

Keywords

eCode: on green algae 
substrate: rocks [ ]

References

 Hedley, C. 1916. p.158 Contains synonymy
 Lamprell, K. & Healy, J. 1998. p.78 General reference
 Morton, B. 1991.  General reference

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Loboconcha
          Bivalvia
            Pteriomorphia
              Mytiloida
                Mytilidae Rafinesque, 1815
                  Brachidontes Swainson, 1840
                    Brachidontes (Hormomya) Mörch, 1853
                      Brachidontes (Hormomya) erosa (Lamarck, 1819)

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=19369) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by Shannon Reid on 2003-06-05.