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Bivalvia Ostreoida Gryphaeidae 

Parahyotissa (Numismoida) numisma (Lamarck, 1819)

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Ostrea numisma Lamarck, 1819
   Hyotissa numisma (Lamarck, 1819)
   Parahyotissa numisma (Lamarck, 1819)
   Ostrea hanleyana Sowerby, 1871
   Ostrea thaanumi Dall, Bartsch & Rehder, 1938
   Ostrea procles Iredale, 1939

Common Name

Flattened Oyster p.275      Allan, J. 1950.  

Distribution

E. Africa to Tuamotus and Hawaii (Paulay, 1996)

  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Oceania: Polynesia: Hawaiian Islands (Sandwich Islands)
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Oceania: Western Pacific: Tuvalu (Ellice Islands)
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Oceania: Polynesia: Kiribati: Line Islands
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Oceania: Polynesia: French Polynesia (Polynesie Francaise): Tuamotu Archipelago (Iles Tuamotu)
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Gulf of Carp.
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: East Africa: Gulf of Aden
  ABRS Regions: Australia: Queensland
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: East Africa: Djibouti
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Red Sea
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: NE coast

Keywords

depth: subtidal 
habitat: coral reef 
habitat: rocks [ attached to rocks (Red sea) ]
habitat: under rocks [ on the outer edges of basalt tide-pool systems ]

References

 Deshayes, G.P. 1836. p.222 General reference
 Iredale, T. & McMichael, D.F. 1962. p.12 General reference
 Kay, E.A. 1979. p.537, fig. 173D-E [ as Ostrea hanleyana Sowerby, 1871 ]  General reference
 Lamprell, K. & Healy, J. 1998. p.130 General reference
 Oliver, P.G. 1992. p.89 [ Synonymy; distribution; biology and ecology; remarks; placed in genus Hyotissa ]  General reference
 Paulay, G. 1996. p.24 Places name in synonymy

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Loboconcha
          Bivalvia
            Pteriomorphia
              Ostreoida
                Ostreina
                  Ostreoidea
                    Gryphaeidae Vyalov, 1936
                      Parahyotissa Harry, 1985
                        Parahyotissa (Numismoida) Harry, 1985
                          Parahyotissa (Numismoida) numisma (Lamarck, 1819)

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=19977) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by dsherman on 2004-04-29.