OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database
Data as of: 2006-05-17
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Bivalvia Myoida Pholadidae
Martesia (Martesia) obtecta (Sowerby, 1849)
Type of listing: Name in current use
Synonymy
Pholas obtecta Sowerby, 1849
Distribution
Turtle Island, Northern Australia {LAMPRELL1998A}
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Australia (N): Queensland
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Great Barrier Reef
ABRS Regions: Australia: Queensland
Keywords
depth: intertidal [ at low water
]
habit: burrowing, infaunal
habitat: coral reef
substrate: rocks
References
Lamprell, K. & Healy, J. 1998. p.200 General reference
Classification
Animalia
Mollusca
Conchifera
Loboconcha
Bivalvia
Heterodonta
Myoida
Pholadoidea
Pholadidae Lamarck, 1809
Martesia Sowerby, 1824
Martesia (Martesia) Sowerby, 1824
Martesia (Martesia) obtecta (Sowerby, 1849)
Metadata
Taxon name record (intBiotaID=20415) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by Shannon Reid on 2002-06-17.