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Bivalvia Myoida Pholadidae 

Pholas (Monothyra) australasiae Sowerby, 1849

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Barnea australasiae auct.
   Pholas australasiae Sowerby, 1849

Distribution

  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Gulf of Carp.
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Bass Strait
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Tas. coast
  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: N coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: NW coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Central W coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Lower W coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Great Australian Bight
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: S Gulfs coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: SW 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: 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

depth: intertidal [ below low water mark ]
habit: burrowing, infaunal 
substrate: rocks [soft]

References

 Allan, J. 1950. p.354 General reference
 Cotton, B.C. 1961. p.309, figs. 338, 339 General reference
 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.385, fig. 449 General reference

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Loboconcha
          Bivalvia
            Heterodonta
              Myoida
                Pholadoidea
                  Pholadidae Lamarck, 1809
                    Pholas Linnaeus, 1758
                      Pholas (Monothyra) Tryon, 1862
                        Pholas (Monothyra) australasiae Sowerby, 1849

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=20401) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by Shannon Reid on 2002-06-16.