OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database
Data as of: 2006-05-17
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Bivalvia Pterioida Pteriidae
Pteria howensis Lamprell & Healy, 1997
Type of listing: Name in current use
Synonymy
Pteria howensis Lamprell & Healy, 1997
Distribution
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Oceania: Western Pacific: Lord Howe (Australia)
Keywords
habit: byssally attached [ attached by byssus to whip corals
]
References
Lamprell, K. & Healy, J. 1998. p.98 [ author date incorrectly cited as 1977 - corrected by H.Barlow Jan, 2003.
] General reference
Classification
Animalia
Mollusca
Conchifera
Loboconcha
Bivalvia
Pteriomorphia
Pterioida
Pterioidea
Pteriidae Gray, 1847
Pteria Scopoli, 1777
Pteria howensis Lamprell & Healy, 1997
Metadata
Taxon name record (intBiotaID=19616) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by Holly Barlow on 2003-01-29.