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Bivalvia Pholadomyoida Clavagellidae
Clavagella (Dacosta) australis (Sowerby, 1829)
Type of listing: Name in current use
Synonymy
Included taxa
Clavagella (Dacosta) australis australis (Sowerby, 1829)
Clavagella (Dacosta) australis mullerae (Kilburn, 1974)
Distribution
ABRS Regions: Australia: New South Wales
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
ABRS Regions: Australia: Victoria
Keywords
habit: boring, infaunal
habit: cemented, epifaunal
habitat: rock reef [ edge of an overhang on a large rock just above low tide
]
substrate: in calcareous rock
substrate: rocks
References
Lamprell, K. & Healy, J. 1998. p.222 General reference
Morton, B.S. 1984. p.489 Biology and ecology
Smith, B.J. 1971. p.143, pl. 10, figs. 9,10 General reference
Classification
Animalia
Mollusca
Conchifera
Loboconcha
Bivalvia
Anomalodesmata
Pholadomyoida
Clavagelloidea
Clavagellidae Orbigny, 1844
Clavagella Blainville [ex Lamarck], 1817
Clavagella (Dacosta) Gray, 1858
Clavagella (Dacosta) australis (Sowerby, 1829)
Metadata
Taxon name record (intBiotaID=20638) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by Shannon Reid on 2003-05-29.