OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database

Data as of: 2006-05-17

ANSP OBIS Home | Another Search

Bivalvia Ostreoida Pectinidae 

Laevichlamys kauaiensis Dall, Bartsch & Rehder, 1938

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Chlamys kauaiensis Dall, Bartsch & Rehder, 1938

Distribution

  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Oceania: Polynesia: Hawaiian Islands (Sandwich Islands)
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Oceania: Western Pacific: New Caledonia: New Caledonia Outliers: Chesterfield Isles
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Oceania: Western Pacific: New Caledonia

Keywords

depth: continental slope [ 250-350m (shells only) ]

References

 Dijkstra, H.H. 1995. p.57, figs 121-122 [ type data, New Caledonia area material, distribution, remarks ]  General reference
 Rombouts, A. 1991. p.14 [ description, distribution ]  General reference

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Loboconcha
          Bivalvia
            Pteriomorphia
              Ostreoida
                Pectinina
                  Pectinoidea
                    Pectinidae Wilkes, 1810
                      Laevichlamys Waller, 1993
                        Laevichlamys kauaiensis Dall, Bartsch & Rehder, 1938

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=37387) created by Peter Ulrik Middelfart on 2001-01-31. Record last updated by Peter Ulrik Middelfart on 2001-05-24.