OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database

Data as of: 2006-05-17

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Bivalvia Mytiloida Mytilidae 

Modiolus (Modiolus) victoriae (Pritchard & Gatliff, 1903)

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Modiola victoriae Pritchard & Gatliff, 1903

Common Name

Victoria's Horse Mussel p.293      Allan, J. 1950.  

Distribution

  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricBass Strait
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricLower E coast
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricCentral E coast
  ABRS RegionsAustraliaNew South Wales
  ABRS RegionsAustraliaVictoria
  OBIS RegionsTemperate Indo-West PacificSouthern HemisphereAustralia (S)New South Wales
  OBIS RegionsTemperate Indo-West PacificSouthern HemisphereAustralia (S)Victoria

Keywords

substrate: sand 

References

 Iredale, T. & McMichael, D.F. 1962. p.13 General reference
 Lamprell, K. & Healy, J. 1998. p.84 General reference

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Loboconcha
          Bivalvia
            Pteriomorphia
              Mytiloida
                Mytilidae Rafinesque, 1815
                  Modiolus Lamarck, 1799
                    Modiolus (Modiolus) Lamarck, 1799
                      Modiolus (Modiolus) victoriae (Pritchard & Gatliff, 1903)

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=19434) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by Peter Ulrik Middelfart on 2004-01-19.