OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database

Data as of: 2006-05-17

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Bivalvia Ostreoida Pectinidae 

Volachlamys ambiguus (Bavay, 1904)

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Chlamys ambiguus Bavay, 1904
   Chlamys sinomarina Hertlein, 1936

Distribution

  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-China
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Philippines

References

 Rombouts, A. 1991. p.62 [ as V. sinomarina, but note indicating that Hertlein's new name is unjutified in the current genus ]  General reference

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Loboconcha
          Bivalvia
            Pteriomorphia
              Ostreoida
                Pectinina
                  Pectinoidea
                    Pectinidae Wilkes, 1810
                      Volachlamys Iredale, 1939
                        Volachlamys ambiguus (Bavay, 1904)

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=45224) created by Peter Ulrik Middelfart on 2001-04-30. Record last updated by Peter Ulrik Middelfart on 2001-07-30.