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 RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificOceaniaWestern PacificLord 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.