OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database
Data as of: 2006-05-17
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Bivalvia Pterioida Pteriidae
Pinctada albina albina (Lamarck, 1819)
Type of listing: Name in current use
Synonymy
Avicula albina auct.
Meleagrina albina Lamarck, 1819
Meleagrina imbricata Saville - Kent, 1897
Margaritifera carchariarum Jameson, 1901
Distribution
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: N coast
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: NW coast
ABRS Regions: Australia: Western Australia
OBIS Regions: Temperate Indo-West Pacific: Southern Hemisphere: Australia (S): Western Australia
Keywords
depth: shallow subtidal [ to 4m
]
habitat: sand flats
habitat: sea grass bed [ in eel grass
]
References
Hynd, J.S. 1954. p.126 [ Taxonomic characters; generic names; generic subdivisions and phylogenetic relationships; KEy to Australian species (genus Pinctada); description of species; doubtful species and records
] General reference
Iredale, T. & McMichael, D.F. 1962. p.10 General reference
Lamprell, K. & Healy, J. 1998. p.104 General reference
Classification
Animalia
Mollusca
Conchifera
Loboconcha
Bivalvia
Pteriomorphia
Pterioida
Pterioidea
Pteriidae Gray, 1847
Pinctada Röding, 1798
Pinctada albina (Lamarck, 1819)
Pinctada albina albina (Lamarck, 1819)
Metadata
Taxon name record (intBiotaID=50771) created by Holly Barlow on 2001-09-10. Record last updated by Peter Ulrik Middelfart on 2001-11-20.