OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database
Data as of: 2006-05-17
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Bivalvia Veneroida Petricolidae
Petricola (Petricola) lapicida (Gmelin, 1791)
Type of listing: Name in current use
Synonymy
Choristodon lapicidium auct.
Venus lapicida Gmelin, 1791
Distribution
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Red Sea: Sudan
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Red Sea
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: East Africa: Gulf of Aden
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Red Sea
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Central and East Indian Ocean: Eastern Indian Ocean
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Central and East Indian Ocean: Eastern Indian Ocean: Thailand (W)
Keywords
habit: boring, infaunal
habitat: coral [ boring into dead coral and limestone
]
References
Hedley, C. 1916. p.166 Secondary source
Nielsen, C. 1976. p.7 Distribution
Oliver, P.G. 1992. p.193 [ Synonymy; distribution; biology and ecology; remarks
] General reference
Classification
Animalia
Mollusca
Conchifera
Loboconcha
Bivalvia
Heterodonta
Veneroida
Veneroidea
Petricolidae
Petricola Lamarck, 1801
Petricola (Petricola) Lamarck, 1801
Petricola (Petricola) lapicida (Gmelin, 1791)
Metadata
Taxon name record (intBiotaID=58426) created by Peter Ulrik Middelfart on 2001-11-29. Record last updated by Shannon Reid on 2002-12-17.