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Bivalvia Myoida Hiatellidae 

Hiatella australis (Lamarck, 1818)

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Corbula australis Lamarck, 1818
   Hiatella australis var. angasi Angas, 1865

Common Name

Australian Rock-borer p.353, f.2      Allan, J. 1950.  

Distribution

all Australian states

  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Bass Strait
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Central E coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Central W coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Great Australian Bight
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Great Barrier Reef
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Gulf of Carp.
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Lower E coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Lower W coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: N coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: NE coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: NW coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: S Gulfs coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: SW coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Tas. coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: New South Wales
  ABRS Regions: Australia: Northern Territory
  ABRS Regions: Australia: Queensland
  ABRS Regions: Australia: South Australia
  ABRS Regions: Australia: Tasmania
  ABRS Regions: Australia: Territory of Ashmore & Cartier Is.
  ABRS Regions: Australia: Victoria
  ABRS Regions: Australia: Western Australia
  OBIS Regions: Temperate Indo-West Pacific: Southern Hemisphere: Australia (S)
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Australia (N)

Keywords

habit: byssally attached [ attached to rocks and/or other shells ]
habitat: rocky crevices 
substrate: rocks 
substrate: shell 

References

 Allan, J. 1950. p.355 General reference
 Cotton, B.C. 1961. [{p. 303 as Hiatella australis , p. 304 as Hiatella angasi}]  General reference
 Hedley, C. 1918. p.M31 Synonomy
 Iredale, T. & McMichael, D.F. 1962. p.27 General reference
 Lamprell, K. & Healy, J. 1998. p.198 General reference
 Macpherson, J.H. & Gabriel, C.J. 1962. p.379 General reference

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Loboconcha
          Bivalvia
            Heterodonta
              Myoida
                Hiatelloidea
                  Hiatellidae
                    Hiatella Daudin, 1801
                      Hiatella australis (Lamarck, 1818)

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=20389) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by dsherman on 2004-03-31.