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Bivalvia Ostreoida Plicatulidae 

Plicatula (Plicatula) chinensis Mörch, 1853

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Plicatula imbricata Menke, 1843
   Plicatula chinensis Mörch, 1853
   Plicatula essingtonensis Sowerby, 1873
   Plicatula menkeana Finlay, 1926
   Plicatula essingtonensis elusa Iredale, 1931

Common Name

Essington Plicate Oyster p.283 [as Plicatula essingtonensis Sowerby, 1873]      Allan, J. 1950.  

Distribution

  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Central E coast
  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: 200 m bathymetric: NW coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: New South Wales
  ABRS Regions: Australia: Northern Territory
  ABRS Regions: Australia: Queensland
  ABRS Regions: Australia: Western Australia
  OBIS Regions: Temperate Indo-West Pacific: Southern Hemisphere: Australia (S): New South Wales
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Australia (N)
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Lower E coast
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Philippines
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-China
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-China: East China Sea
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-China: Japan
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-China: South China Sea
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-China: Taiwan

Keywords

depth: continental shelf [ to 200 m ]
depth: intertidal 
depth: shallow subtidal 
depth: subtidal 
substrate: coral [ attached to rocks, corals or shell debris to 200 metres (Lamprell, 1998) ]
substrate: rocks 
substrate: shell-debris 

References

 Allan, J. 1950. p.283-284, fig. 10 [ as Plicatula essingtonensis Sowerby, 1873 ]  General reference
 Bernard, F.R., Cai, Y.Y. & Morton, B. 1993. p.56 Distribution
 Iredale, T. 1939. p.380-381, pl. 6, figs. 3-4 [ as Plicatula essingtonensis Sowerby, 1873 Note spelling error- P. sinensis Mörch should be P. chinensis Mörch ]  Contains synonymy
 Iredale, T. & McMichael, D.F. 1962. p.12 General reference
 Lamprell, K. & Healy, J. 1998. p.112 General reference

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Loboconcha
          Bivalvia
            Pteriomorphia
              Ostreoida
                Ostreina
                  Plicatuloidea
                    Plicatulidae Gray, 1854
                      Plicatula Lamarck, 1801
                        Plicatula (Plicatula) Lamarck, 1801
                          Plicatula (Plicatula) chinensis Mörch, 1853

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=19803) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by Shannon Reid on 2002-01-10.