OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database

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Bivalvia Ostreoida Plicatulidae 

Plicatula (Plicatula) muricata Sowerby, 1873

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Plicatula muricata Sowerby, 1873

Distribution

Northern Queensland to northern Western Australia (Lamprell, 1998), South and East China Seas, Hong Kong, Taiwan to Honshu Japan (Bernard, Cai & Morton, 1993)

  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Great Barrier Reef
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: NW coast
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Australia (N)
  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: 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
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-China: China: Hong Kong (Xianggang)
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-China: China: Hong Kong (Xianggang)
     Valentich-Scott, P. 2003. p.274 
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-China
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-China: South China Sea
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-China: Taiwan
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-China: Japan
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-China: East China Sea
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Australia (N)
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: NE coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: NW coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Gulf of Carp.

Keywords

depth: continental shelf [ from 20 m ]
depth: continental slope [ to 350 m ]
substrate: sand 

References

 Bernard, F.R., Cai, Y.Y. & Morton, B. 1993. p.57 Distribution
 Lamprell, K. & Healy, J. 1998. p.114, no. 277 General reference

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Loboconcha
          Bivalvia
            Pteriomorphia
              Ostreoida
                Ostreina
                  Plicatuloidea
                    Plicatulidae Gray, 1854
                      Plicatula Lamarck, 1801
                        Plicatula (Plicatula) Lamarck, 1801
                          Plicatula (Plicatula) muricata Sowerby, 1873

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=19809) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by Shannon Reid on 2003-09-15.