OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database
Data as of: 2006-05-17
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Bivalvia Ostreoida Propeamussiidae
Parvamussium pauciliratum (Smith, 1903)
Type of listing: Name in current use
Synonymy
Amussium paucilirata Smith, 1903
Distribution
Northern Indian Ocean, Indonesia to New Caledonia {DIJKSTRA1998B}
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Central and East Indian Ocean
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Oceania: Western Pacific: New Caledonia
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Central and East Indian Ocean: Indo-Arabia: Maldives
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Papua New Guinea
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Indonesia
Keywords
depth: continental shelf [ live specimens to 45m, beyond only shells
]
depth: continental slope [ to 448m (shells only)
]
depth: intertidal
depth: subtidal [ from 27m (live specimens)
]
substrate: gravel
substrate: mud bottom
substrate: sand bottom
References
Dijkstra, H.H. 1991. p.14, figs 33-34 [ extensive local records, description, distribution, ecology, remarks
] General reference
Dijkstra, H.H. 1995. p.26, figs 107-110, 151-152 [ type data, records, distribution, description, remarks
] General reference
Dijkstra, H.H. 1998. p.12, pl. 1, figs. 1-2 Contains synonymy
Dijkstra, H.H. & Kastoro, W.W. 1997. p.261, figs 73-73 [ distribution, remarks
] General reference
Rombouts, A. 1991. p.69 [ description
] General reference
Classification
Animalia
Mollusca
Conchifera
Loboconcha
Bivalvia
Pteriomorphia
Ostreoida
Pectinina
Pectinoidea
Propeamussiidae Abbott, 1954
Parvamussium Sacco, 1897
Parvamussium pauciliratum (Smith, 1903)
Metadata
Taxon name record (intBiotaID=45153) created by Shannon Reid on 2001-04-29. Record last updated by Peter Ulrik Middelfart on 2004-03-23.