OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database
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Bivalvia Pterioida Malleidae
Malleus (Malleus) malleus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Type of listing: Name in current use
Synonymy
Himantopoda vulgaris auct.
Ostrea malleus Linnaeus, 1758
Malleus vulgaris Lamarck, 1801
Common Name
Hammer oyster p.178 Cernohorsky, W.O. 1978.
Distribution
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: NE coast
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Gulf of Carp.
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: N coast
ABRS Regions: Australia: Northern Territory
ABRS Regions: Australia: Queensland
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Central and East Indian Ocean: Eastern Indian Ocean: India (E)
Hylleberg, J. & Kilburn, R.N. 2002. p.59
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Philippines
Springsteen, F.J. & Leobrera, F.M. 1986. p.314
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Australia (N): Queensland
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-China: China: Hong Kong (Xianggang)
Valentich-Scott, P. 2003. p.271
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Central and East Indian Ocean: Eastern Indian Ocean
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-China
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia
Keywords
depth: subtidal [ 1m
]
habitat: reef flats
References
Cotton, B.C. 1961. p.74 Distribution
Lamprell, K. & Healy, J. 1998. p.110 General reference
Tantanasiriwong, R. 1979. p.6 Biology and ecology
Classification
Animalia
Mollusca
Conchifera
Loboconcha
Bivalvia
Pteriomorphia
Pterioida
Pterioidea
Malleidae Lamarck, 1819
Malleus Lamarck, 1799
Malleus (Malleus) Lamarck, 1799
Malleus (Malleus) malleus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Metadata
Taxon name record (intBiotaID=19762) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by Shannon Reid on 2003-09-15.