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Bivalvia Veneroida Cardiidae 

Acrosterigma variegatum (Sowerby, 1840)

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Cardium variegatum Sowerby, 1840

Common Name

The Variegated Cockle pl. 15, fig. 75      Reeve, L.A. 1845.  

Distribution

  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Australia (N): Queensland
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Philippines
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Gulf of Carp.
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: N coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Great Barrier Reef
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: NE coast
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Australia (N): Timor Sea
  ABRS Regions: Australia: Queensland
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Oceania: Western Pacific: Wallis and Futuna
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Papua New Guinea
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Indonesia: Moluccas
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Central and East Indian Ocean: Eastern Indian Ocean: India (E)
     Hylleberg, J. & Kilburn, R.N. 2002. p.63 

Keywords

habitat: coral reef 

References

 Reeve, L.A. 1845. pl. 15, fig. 75 [ as C. variegatum; illustration, description, distribution, habitat ]  General reference
 Vidal, J. 1999. p.285, fig. 5a-c, table 14 [ synonymy, illustration, type data, distribution, description ]  General reference

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Loboconcha
          Bivalvia
            Heterodonta
              Veneroida
                Cardioidea
                  Cardiidae Lamarck, 1809
                    Trachycardiinae Steward, 1930
                      Acrosterigma Dall, 1900
                        Acrosterigma variegatum (Sowerby, 1840)

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=43887) created by Holly Barlow on 2001-04-03. Record last updated by Shannon Reid on 2003-03-27.