OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database
Data as of: 2006-05-17
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Bivalvia Pterioida Pteriidae
Pteria cypsellus (Dunker, 1872)
Type of listing: Name in current use
Synonymy
Avicula cypsellus Dunker, 1872
Austropteria perscitula Iredale, 1939
Distribution
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
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-China: China: Hong Kong (Xianggang)
Keywords
depth: subtidal
habit: byssally attached [ attached by byssus to whip coral or weed-covered rocks
]
substrate: coral [
]
substrate: rocks [
]
References
Lamprell, K. & Healy, J. 1998. p.98 General reference
Valentich-Scott, P. 2003. p.269 General reference
Classification
Animalia
Mollusca
Conchifera
Loboconcha
Bivalvia
Pteriomorphia
Pterioida
Pterioidea
Pteriidae Gray, 1847
Pteria Scopoli, 1777
Pteria cypsellus (Dunker, 1872)
Metadata
Taxon name record (intBiotaID=19611) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by juliannao on 2003-09-22.