OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database
Data as of: 2006-05-17
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Bivalvia Mytiloida Mytilidae
Trichomya hirsuta (Lamarck, 1819)
Type of listing: Name in current use
Synonymy
Brachyodontes hirsutus auct.
Mytilus hirsutus Lamarck, 1819
Common Name
Hairy mussel p.290 Allan, J. 1950.
Distribution
Japan to the South Pacific (Chinh, 2001)
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Lower E coast
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Central E coast
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: NE coast
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Gulf of Carp.
ABRS Regions: Australia: Queensland
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Australia (N): Queensland
ABRS Regions: Australia: New South Wales
OBIS Regions: Temperate Indo-West Pacific: Southern Hemisphere: Australia (S): New South Wales
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-China: China
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-China: Vietnam
Chinh, N. 2001. p.417
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-China
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia
Keywords
depth: shallow subtidal
depth: subtidal
habit: byssally attached
habitat: estuaries [ vast matted beds are found in tidal estuaries
]
substrate: rocks [ and gravel
]
References
Coleman, N. 1981. p.28, pl.51 Biology and ecology
Iredale, T. & McMichael, D.F. 1962. p.13 General reference
Lamprell, K. & Healy, J. 1998. p.80 General reference
Zhenrui, W. and Zhongyan, Q. 1984. p.206 [ synonymy; distribution
] Secondary source
Classification
Animalia
Mollusca
Conchifera
Loboconcha
Bivalvia
Pteriomorphia
Mytiloida
Mytilidae Rafinesque, 1815
Trichomya Ihering, 1900
Trichomya hirsuta (Lamarck, 1819)
Metadata
Taxon name record (intBiotaID=19393) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by Shannon Reid on 2003-05-11.