OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database

Data as of: 2006-05-17

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Bivalvia Mytiloida Mytilidae 

Lithophaga (Leiosolenus) malaccana (Reeve, 1858)

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Modiola mucronata (non Philippi, 1846) auct.
   Lithodomus malaccana Reeve, 1858
   Lithophaga cavernosa Dunker, 1882
   Lithophaga reticulata Dunker, 1882
   Lithophaga calcifer Iredale, 1939

Distribution

  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-China: China
  ABRS Regions: Australia: New South Wales
  ABRS Regions: Australia: Queensland
  OBIS Regions: Temperate Indo-West Pacific: Southern Hemisphere: Australia (S): New South Wales
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Australia (N): Queensland
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: NE coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Central E coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Great Barrier Reef
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Gulf of Carp.
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: N coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: NW 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: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Red Sea
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Papua New Guinea: New Guinea Group
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Philippines
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Oceania: Western Pacific: New Caledonia
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Oceania: Polynesia: French Polynesia (Polynesie Francaise): Society Islands (Iles de la Societe): Tahiti
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Central and East Indian Ocean: Indo-Arabia: Persian Gulf (=Arabian Gulf)
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Central and East Indian Ocean: Eastern Indian Ocean: Thailand (W)
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Central and East Indian Ocean: Eastern Indian Ocean: Thailand (W): Phuket
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-China: Vietnam
     Chinh, N. 2001. p.413 
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-China
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-China: China: Hong Kong (Xianggang)
     Valentich-Scott, P. 2003. p.266 
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Indonesia: Sulawesi (Celebes)
     Kleemann, K. & Hoeksema, B.W. 2002. p.17 

Keywords

depth: sublittoral [ boring in dead coral (Queensland) ]
habit: boring, infaunal [ mainly in Porites (Phuket, Thailand) ]
habitat: coral 
habitat: reef flats [ inner reef flat found boring in coral or other calcareous rock (Queensland) ]

References

 Iredale, T. & McMichael, D.F. 1962. p.14 General reference
 Kilburn, R. N. .  General reference
 Kilburn, R.N. 1977. p.206 General reference
 Kleemann, K.H. 1984. p.201 [ synonymy; distribution; type data ]  General reference
 Lamprell, K. & Healy, J. 1998. p.94 General reference
 Morton, B. & Scott, P.J.B. 1980.  General reference
 Nielsen, C. 1976. p.145 [ ecology ]  Secondary source
 Wilson, B.R. 1979. p.464, text fig. 18 (4-5); text fig. 13 General reference
 Zhenrui, W. and Zhongyan, Q. 1984. p.234 [ synonymy; distribution; placed in subgenus Diberus ]  Secondary source

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Loboconcha
          Bivalvia
            Pteriomorphia
              Mytiloida
                Mytilidae Rafinesque, 1815
                  Lithophaga Röding, 1798
                    Lithophaga (Leiosolenus) Carpenter, 1857
                      Lithophaga (Leiosolenus) malaccana (Reeve, 1858)

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=19556) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by Peter Ulrik Middelfart on 2004-09-07.