OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database

Data as of: 2006-05-17

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Bivalvia Pholadomyoida Pandoridae 

Pandora (Pandora) flexuosa Sowerby, 1822

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Pandora flexuosa Sowerby, 1822
   Pandora edwardsi Jousseaume, 1891

Distribution

  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: East Africa: Gulf of Aden
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Red Sea
     Dekker, H. & Orlin, Z. 2000. p.16 

Keywords

habitat: in mud [ in muds offshore ]

References

 Boss, K.J. 1965. p.418, 419 Secondary source
 Oliver, P.G. 1992. p.208 [ Synonymy; distribution; biology and ecology; remarks ]  General reference

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Loboconcha
          Bivalvia
            Anomalodesmata
              Pholadomyoida
                Pandoroidea
                  Pandoridae Rafinesque, 1815
                    Pandora Bruguière, 1797
                      Pandora (Pandora) Bruguière, 1797
                        Pandora (Pandora) flexuosa Sowerby, 1822

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=58600) created by Peter Ulrik Middelfart on 2001-12-03. Record last updated by Shannon Reid on 2002-12-18.