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Bivalvia Pholadomyoida Cleidothaeridae 

Cleidothaerus albidus (Lamarck, 1819)

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Chama albidus Lamarck, 1819
   Chama chamoides Stutchbury, 1830

Common Name

White Cleidothaerus p.49, pl.114      Coleman, N. 1975.  

Distribution

  ABRS Regions: Australia: New South Wales
  ABRS Regions: Australia: South Australia
  ABRS Regions: Australia: Tasmania
  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): Tasmania
  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: Tas. coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Lower E coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Central E coast
  OBIS Regions: Temperate Indo-West Pacific: Southern Hemisphere: New Zealand

Keywords

depth: intertidal 
depth: shallow subtidal 
depth: subtidal [ to 11 metres ]
habit: byssally attached 
substrate: rocks [ ]

References

 Coleman, N. 1981. p.49 General reference
 Cotton, B.C. 1961. p.156-157, fig. 148 General reference
 Iredale, T. & McMichael, D.F. 1962. p.15 General reference
 Lamprell, K. & Healy, J. 1998. p.220 General reference
 Macpherson, J.H. & Gabriel, C.J. 1962. p.395, fig. 463 General reference

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Loboconcha
          Bivalvia
            Anomalodesmata
              Pholadomyoida
                Pandoroidea
                  Cleidothaeridae
                    Cleidothaerus Stutchbury, 1830
                      Cleidothaerus albidus (Lamarck, 1819)

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=20574) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by dsherman on 2004-02-11.