OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database

Data as of: 2006-05-17

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Bivalvia Ostreoida Plicatulidae 

Plicatula (Plicatula) australis Lamarck, 1819

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Plicatula australis Lamarck, 1819

Distribution

  ABRS RegionsAustraliaNorthern Territory
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificCentral and East Indian OceanEastern Indian OceanIndia (E)
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificCentral and East Indian OceanEastern Indian OceanThailand (W)
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificCentral and East Indian OceanEastern Indian Ocean
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificIndo-Malaysia
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricGreat Barrier Reef
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricNW coast
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricNE coast
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricGulf of Carp.
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricN coast
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificIndo-MalaysiaAustralia (N)
  ABRS RegionsAustraliaQueensland
  ABRS RegionsAustraliaWestern Australia
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificIndo-ChinaChinaHong Kong (Xianggang)
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificIndo-ChinaSouth China Sea
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificIndo-ChinaTaiwan
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificIndo-ChinaJapan
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificIndo-China
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificIndo-MalaysiaPhilippines
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificRed Sea
     Dekker, H. & Orlin, Z. 2000. p. 10 
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificCentral and East Indian OceanEastern Indian OceanIndia (E)
     Hylleberg, J. & Kilburn, R.N. 2002. p.59 
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificIndo-ChinaChinaHong Kong (Xianggang)
     Valentich-Scott, P. 2003. p.275 

Keywords

depth: continental shelf [ to 150 m ]
depth: intertidal 
depth: shallow subtidal 
depth: subtidal 
habit: cemented, epifaunal [ totally affixed to other shell or debris where it adapts to the shape of that shell or debris (Lamprell, 1998) ]
substrate: coral 
substrate: rocks 
substrate: shell-debris 

References

 Bernard, F.R., Cai, Y.Y. & Morton, B. 1993. p.56 Distribution
 Iredale, T. 1939. p.380 Contains synonymy
 Lamprell, K. & Healy, J. 1998. p.112, no. 275 General reference
 Nielsen, C. 1976. p.4 Checklist
 Satyamurti, S.T. 1952. p.58, pl. 8, fig. 4 General reference

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Loboconcha
          Bivalvia
            Pteriomorphia
              Ostreoida
                Ostreina
                  Plicatuloidea
                    Plicatulidae Gray, 1854
                      Plicatula Lamarck, 1801
                        Plicatula (Plicatula) Lamarck, 1801
                          Plicatula (Plicatula) australis Lamarck, 1819

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=19801) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by Shannon Reid on 2003-09-15.