OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database

Data as of: 2006-05-17

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Bivalvia Mytiloida Mytilidae 

Musculista senhousia (Benson, 1842)

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Modiola senhousia Benson, 1842
   Musculista senhousia (Benson in Cantor, 1842)
   Modiola bellardiana Tapperone-Canefri, 1874

Common Name

Senhouse's Mussel p.34, pl.35D      Wilson, B 2002.  
Hototogisu B159 [Higo et al, 1999, species number: B159]       Higo, S., Callomon, P. & Goto, Y. 1999.  

Distribution

native to western Pacific coasts from Siberia and the Kuril Islands, south to Singapore, with it's type locality being Chusan, China (Slack-Smith & Brearley 1987)

  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: N coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: NW coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Central W coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Lower W coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Great Australian Bight
  ABRS Regions: Australia: Western Australia: SW coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: Northern Territory
  ABRS Regions: Australia: Western Australia
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Australia (N): Northern Territory
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Australia (N): Western Australia
  OBIS Regions: Temperate Indo-West Pacific: Southern Hemisphere: Australia (S): South Australia
  OBIS Regions: Temperate Indo-West Pacific: Southern Hemisphere: Australia (S): Western Australia
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-China
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-China: Japan
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-China: China
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Singapore
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Central and East Indian Ocean: Eastern Indian Ocean: Thailand (W): Phuket
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Red Sea
     Dekker, H. & Orlin, Z. 2000. p. 9 

Keywords

depth: intertidal 
habit: byssally attached 
habitat: intertial flats [ encased in a byssal nest and forming a dense mat (Hong Kong, Lee & Morton 1983), clustered together on mud flats seaward of mangrove forests in Phuket (Willan, 1995) ]
substrate: mud 

References

 Lamprell, K. & Healy, J. 1998. p.88 General reference
 Lee, S.Y. and Morton, B. 1983. p.59 [ distribution; ecology ]  General reference
 Slack-Smith, S.M. & Brearley, A. 1987. [ distribution; ecology ]  Secondary source
 Tantanasiriwong, R. 1979. p.5 [ ecology; distribution ]  Secondary source
 Willan, R.C. 1985. [ distribution; ecology; taxonomy; synonymy ]  General reference

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Loboconcha
          Bivalvia
            Pteriomorphia
              Mytiloida
                Mytilidae Rafinesque, 1815
                  Musculista Yamamoto & Habe, 1958
                    Musculista senhousia (Benson, 1842)

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=19485) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by Paul J. Morris on 2004-02-25.