OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database
Data as of: 2006-05-17
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Bivalvia Ostreoida Pectinidae
Volachlamys tranquebaria (Gmelin, 1791)
Type of listing: Name in current use
Synonymy
Ostrea tranquebaria Gmelin, 1791
Distribution
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: East Africa
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Central and East Indian Ocean
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-China
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Australia (N)
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Central and East Indian Ocean: Eastern Indian Ocean: India (E)
Hylleberg, J. & Kilburn, R.N. 2002. p.60
References
Rombouts, A. 1991. p.63, pl. 22, figs 8, 8a General reference
Classification
Animalia
Mollusca
Conchifera
Loboconcha
Bivalvia
Pteriomorphia
Ostreoida
Pectinina
Pectinoidea
Pectinidae Wilkes, 1810
Volachlamys Iredale, 1939
Volachlamys tranquebaria (Gmelin, 1791)
Metadata
Taxon name record (intBiotaID=45226) created by Peter Ulrik Middelfart on 2001-04-30. Record last updated by Shannon Reid on 2003-03-27.