OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database

Data as of: 2006-05-17

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Bivalvia Myoida Gastrochaenidae 

Cucurbitula cymbium (Spengler, 1783)

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Teredo (Uperotis) pupina auct.
   Guetera lagenula auct.
   Cucurbitula pupina auct.
   Gastrochaena cymbium Spengler, 1783
   Gastrochaena lagenula Lamarck, 1818
   Gastrochaena pupina Deshayes, 1855
   Gastrochaena deshayesi Sturany, 1899

Distribution

  ABRS Regions: Australia: Queensland
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Australia (N): Queensland
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Red Sea
  ABRS Regions: Australia: New South Wales
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Australia (N): Gulf of Carpentaria
  OBIS Regions: Temperate Indo-West Pacific: Southern Hemisphere: Australia (S): New South Wales
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Central E coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: NE coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Lower E coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Gulf of Carp.
  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: Central and East Indian Ocean: Eastern Indian Ocean: India (E)
     Hylleberg, J. & Kilburn, R.N. 2002. p.69 
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-China: China: Hong Kong (Xianggang)
     Valentich-Scott, P. 2003. p.297 

Keywords

habitat: sand [ Attached to dead shells lying on the surface of sands and muds ]
substrate: mud 

References

 Barash, A. & Danin, Z. 1972. p.342-343 General reference
 Iredale, T. & McMichael, D.F. 1962. p.27 General reference
 Lamprell, K. & Healy, J. 1998. p.196 General reference
 Oliver, P.G. 1992. p.200 [ Synonymy; distribution; biology and ecology; remarks ]  General reference
 Taki, I. & Habe, T. 1955. p.2 Synonomy

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Loboconcha
          Bivalvia
            Heterodonta
              Myoida
                Gastrochaenoidea
                  Gastrochaenidae Gray, 1840
                    Cucurbitula Gould, 1861
                      Cucurbitula cymbium (Spengler, 1783)

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=20378) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by Shannon Reid on 2003-09-17.