OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database
Data as of: 2006-05-17
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Bivalvia Pterioida Pteriidae
Pteria falcata (Lamarck, 1819)
Type of listing: Name in current use
Synonymy
Avicula falcata Lamarck, 1819
Distribution
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: NW coast
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: N 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
Keywords
depth: sublittoral [ to 10m
]
habitat: rocks [ attached by byssus to rocks or debris
]
References
Lamprell, K. & Healy, J. 1998. p.96 General reference
Classification
Animalia
Mollusca
Conchifera
Loboconcha
Bivalvia
Pteriomorphia
Pterioida
Pterioidea
Pteriidae Gray, 1847
Pteria Scopoli, 1777
Pteria falcata (Lamarck, 1819)
Metadata
Taxon name record (intBiotaID=19579) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by Peter Ulrik Middelfart on 2001-11-20.