OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database
Data as of: 2006-05-17
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Bivalvia Veneroida Petricolidae
Petricola (Rupellaria) hemprichi Issel, 1869
Type of listing: Name in current use
Synonymy
Petricola hemprichii Issel, 1869
Choristodon hemprichii (Issel, 1869)
Distribution
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: East Africa: Gulf of Aden
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Red Sea
Keywords
habit: boring, infaunal
habitat: coral [ boring into coral debris and limestone
]
References
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 (Rupellaria) Fleuriau, 1802
Petricola (Rupellaria) hemprichi Issel, 1869
Metadata
Taxon name record (intBiotaID=58436) created by Peter Ulrik Middelfart on 2001-11-29. Record last updated by benamy on 2002-11-20.