OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database

Data as of: 2006-05-17

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Bivalvia Veneroida Tridacnidae 

Tridacna (Chametrachea) rosewateri Sirenko & Scarlato, 1991

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Tridacna rosewateri Sirenko & Scarlato, 1991

Distribution

Saya de Malha Bank, Indian Ocean.

  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: East Africa: Seychelles

Keywords

habitat: sea grass bed [ Collected in a community of sparse madrepore corals densely covered by sea grass Thalassodendron ciliatum ]

References

 Sirenko, B.I. & Scarlato, O.A. 1991. p.4 General reference

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Loboconcha
          Bivalvia
            Heterodonta
              Veneroida
                Tridacnoidea
                  Tridacnidae Lamarck, 1819
                    Tridacna Bruguière, 1797
                      Tridacna (Chametrachea) Mörch, 1853
                        Tridacna (Chametrachea) rosewateri Sirenko & Scarlato, 1991

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=33756) created by Shannon Reid on 2000-11-22. Record last updated by Sarah Watson on 2001-04-23.