OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database

Data as of: 2006-05-17

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Bivalvia Arcoida Glycymerididae 

Melaxinaea planata (G. & H. Nevill, 1874)

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Pectunculus planatus G. & H. Nevill, 1874
   Axinactis (Melaxinaea) clarki Nicol, 1951

Distribution

  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Central and East Indian Ocean: Eastern Indian Ocean: Andaman and Nicobar: Andaman Islands
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Philippines
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Central and East Indian Ocean: Eastern Indian Ocean
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia

References

 Matsukuma, A. 1980. p.208, pl. 2, fig. 5 [ illustration, synonymy, description, distribution ]  General reference
 Smith, E.A. 1916. p.15 Distribution

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Loboconcha
          Bivalvia
            Pteriomorphia
              Arcoida
                Limopsoidea
                  Glycymerididae Newton, 1922
                    Melaxinaea Iredale, 1930
                      Melaxinaea planata (G. & H. Nevill, 1874)

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=47100) created by Holly Barlow on 2001-06-03. Record last updated by Shannon Reid on 2002-06-25.