OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database

Data as of: 2006-05-17

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Bivalvia Myoida Teredinidae 

Uperotus Guettard, 1770

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Uperotus Guettard, 1770
   Fistulana Lamarck, 1799
   Hyperotus Herrmannsen, 1847
   Guetera Gray, 1847
   Glumebra Iredale, 1936

Included taxa

   Uperotus clavus (Gmelin, 1791)
   Uperotus rehderi (Nair, 1956)

Distribution

circumtropical

  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricCentral E coast
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricNE coast
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricGulf of Carp.
  ABRS RegionsAustraliaQueensland
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West Pacific

References

 Turner, R.D. 1966. p.75 General reference

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Loboconcha
          Bivalvia
            Heterodonta
              Myoida
                Pholadoidea
                  Teredinidae Rafinesque, 1815
                    Teredininae Rafinesque, 1815
                      Uperotus Guettard, 1770

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=20448) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by Shannon Reid on 2001-10-19.