OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database

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Bivalvia Pterioida Pteriidae 

Electroma (Electroma) georgiana (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834)

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Avicula georgiana Quoy & Gaimard, 1835
   Avicula pulchella Reeve, 1857

Common Name

Little Wing Pearl Shell p.261, f.2      Allan, J. 1950.  

Distribution

  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricNW coast
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricCentral W coast
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricLower W coast
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricGreat Australian Bight
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricS Gulfs coast
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricBass Strait
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricTas. coast
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricLower E coast
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricCentral E coast
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricSW coast
  ABRS RegionsAustraliaNew South Wales
  ABRS RegionsAustraliaQueensland
  ABRS RegionsAustraliaSouth Australia
  ABRS RegionsAustraliaTasmania
  ABRS RegionsAustraliaVictoria
  ABRS RegionsAustraliaWestern Australia
  OBIS RegionsTemperate Indo-West PacificSouthern HemisphereAustralia (S)
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificIndo-MalaysiaAustralia (N)Queensland
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificIndo-MalaysiaAustralia (N)Western Australia

Keywords

feeds on: plants [ macroalgae ]

References

 Garrard, T.A. 1969. p.4 General reference
 Lamprell, K. & Healy, J. 1998. p.100 General reference

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Loboconcha
          Bivalvia
            Pteriomorphia
              Pterioida
                Pterioidea
                  Pteriidae Gray, 1847
                    Electroma Stoliczka, 1871
                      Electroma (Electroma) Stoliczka, 1871
                        Electroma (Electroma) georgiana (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834)

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=19635) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by dsherman on 2004-04-13.