OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database
Data as of: 2006-05-17
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Bivalvia Veneroida Veneridae
Amiantis umbonella (Lamarck, 1818)
Type of listing: Name in current use
Synonymy
Meretrix umbonella auct.
Callista umbonella auct.
Cytherea umbonella Lamarck, 1818
Cytherea isselina Jousseaume, 1888
Distribution
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Central and East Indian Ocean: Indo-Arabia: Persian Gulf (=Arabian Gulf)
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: East Africa: Djibouti
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: East Africa: Gulf of Aden
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Central and East Indian Ocean: Indo-Arabia: Arabian Sea
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: East Africa: Madagascar
Keywords
habitat: intertial flats [ sand flats, lower shore and below (Arabian Gulf)
]
substrate: sand [
]
References
Dance, S.P. (ed) 1995. p.269 [ distribution; description; ecology
] General reference
Fischer-Piette, E. 1973. p.288 [ distribution; synonymy
] Secondary source
Oliver, P.G. 1992. p.186 [ Synonymy; distribution; biology and ecology; remarks
] General reference
Classification
Animalia
Mollusca
Conchifera
Loboconcha
Bivalvia
Heterodonta
Veneroida
Veneroidea
Veneridae Rafinesque, 1815
Pitariinae Stewart, 1930
Amiantis Carpenter, 1864
Amiantis umbonella (Lamarck, 1818)
Metadata
Taxon name record (intBiotaID=59277) created by Peter Ulrik Middelfart on 2001-12-05. Record last updated by Shannon Reid on 2003-05-30.