OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database
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Bivalvia Veneroida Pharidae
Ensiculus cultellus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Type of listing: Name in current use
Synonymy
Cultellus marmoratus auct.
Solen cultellus Linnaeus, 1758
Ensiculus cultellus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Ensiculus hilaris Iredale, 1939
Common Name
Knife Finger Oyster p.227 [For Phaxas hilaris ] Coleman, N. 1981.
Distribution
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Red Sea
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: Red Sea: Yemen
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Lower E coast
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
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Central and East Indian Ocean
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-China
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Red Sea
Dekker, H. & Orlin, Z. 2000. p.12
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Philippines
Springsteen, F.J. & Leobrera, F.M. 1986. p.296
Keywords
depth: continental shelf [ to 50 metres {LAMPRELL1998A}
]
substrate: mud [
]
substrate: sand
substrate: sand [ offshore
]
References
Bernard, F.R., Cai, Y.Y. & Morton, B. 1993. p.103 Secondary source
Iredale, T. & McMichael, D.F. 1962. p.25 General reference
Lamprell, K. & Healy, J. 1998. p.180 General reference
Lamprell, K. & Healy, J. 1998. p.180 Synonomy
Oliver, P.G. 1992. p.137 General reference
Oliver, P.G. 1992. p.137 Biology and ecology
Oliver, P.G. 1992. p.137 Anatomy
Classification
Animalia
Mollusca
Conchifera
Loboconcha
Bivalvia
Heterodonta
Veneroida
Solenoidea
Pharidae
Ensiculus H. Adams, 1860
Ensiculus cultellus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Metadata
Taxon name record (intBiotaID=20219) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by dsherman on 2004-04-14.