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Bivalvia Pholadomyoida Thraciidae 

Thracia (Thracia) speciosa Angas, 1869

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Eximiothracia speciosa auct.
   Thracia speciosa Angas, 1869

Common Name

Beautiful Thracia p.397      Macpherson, J.H. & Gabriel, C.J. 1962.  

Distribution

  ABRS Regions: Australia: New South Wales
  ABRS Regions: Australia: South Australia
  ABRS Regions: Australia: Victoria
  OBIS Regions: Temperate Indo-West Pacific: Southern Hemisphere: Australia (S): New South Wales
  OBIS Regions: Temperate Indo-West Pacific: Southern Hemisphere: Australia (S): South Australia
  OBIS Regions: Temperate Indo-West Pacific: Southern Hemisphere: Australia (S): Victoria
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Great Australian Bight
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: S Gulfs coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Bass Strait
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Lower E coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Central E coast
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Australia (N): Queensland
  ABRS Regions: Australia: Queensland
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: NE coast

Keywords

depth: continental shelf [ 4-110 fathoms (approx. 7.3-200m) ]
depth: subtidal 

References

 Cotton, B.C. 1961. p.144 [{as Eximiothracia speciosa}]  General reference
 Hedley, C. 1906. p.464 Distribution
 Iredale, T. & McMichael, D.F. 1962. p.14 General reference
 Lamprell, K. & Healy, J. 1998. p.210 General reference
 Macpherson, J.H. & Gabriel, C.J. 1962. p.397, fig. 465 General reference

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Loboconcha
          Bivalvia
            Anomalodesmata
              Pholadomyoida
                Thracioidea
                  Thraciidae Stoliczka, 1870
                    Thracia Sowerby [ex Leach MS], 1823
                      Thracia (Thracia) Sowerby [ex Leach MS], 1823
                        Thracia (Thracia) speciosa Angas, 1869

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=20490) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by Peter Ulrik Middelfart on 2002-06-04.