OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database

Data as of: 2006-05-17

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Bivalvia Veneroida Veneridae 

Gafrarium divaricatum (Gmelin, 1791)

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Cytherea (Crista) divaricata auct.
   Venus divaricatum Gmelin, 1791

Common Name

Hoi laay, hoi khao (Th.) p.107      Nateewathana, A. 1995.  
Keman-gai B1162 [Higo et al, 1999, species number: B1162]       Higo, S., Callomon, P. & Goto, Y. 1999.  

Distribution

Indo-Pacific

  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Red Sea: Sudan
  PRELOVED Regions: Thailand
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: NE coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: Queensland
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Australia (N)
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Australia (N): Queensland
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Central and East Indian Ocean: Eastern Indian Ocean: India (E)
     Hylleberg, J. & Kilburn, R.N. 2002. p.65 
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-China: China: Hong Kong (Xianggang)
     Valentich-Scott, P. 2003. p.288 

Keywords

depth: shallow subtidal [ ]
substrate: sand [ clean course sand ]

References

 Nateewathana, A. 1995. p.107 Secondary source
 Oliver, P.G. 1992. p.183 [ Synonymy; distribution; biology and ecology; remarks ]  General reference
 Satyamurti, S.T. 1956. p.110-11 Distribution
 Shirley, J. 1911. p.95 Distribution

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Loboconcha
          Bivalvia
            Heterodonta
              Veneroida
                Veneroidea
                  Veneridae Rafinesque, 1815
                    Circinae Dall, 1913
                      Gafrarium Röding, 1798
                        Gafrarium divaricatum (Gmelin, 1791)

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=58969) created by Peter Ulrik Middelfart on 2001-12-04. Record last updated by Paul J. Morris on 2004-02-25.