OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database

Data as of: 2006-05-17

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Bivalvia Veneroida Veneridae 

Callista (Callista) florida (Lamarck, 1818)

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Callista costata auct.
   Macrocallista florida auct.
   Lepidocardia florida auct.
   Cytherea florida Lamarck, 1818
   Callista florida (Lamarck, 1818)
   Cytherea hagenowi Dunker, 1849

Distribution

  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificEast AfricaMadagascar
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificEast AfricaSeychelles
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificRed Sea
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificEast AfricaMozambiqueInhambane
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificEast AfricaSouth Africa
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificCentral and East Indian OceanIndo-ArabiaPersian Gulf (=Arabian Gulf)
  ABRS RegionsAustralia?

Keywords

habitat: muddy sand 
substrate: gravel [ offshore ]

References

 Deshayes, G.P. 1853. p.61 Distribution
 Fischer-Piette, E. 1968. p.791 Distribution
 Oliver, P.G. 1992. p.187 [ Synonymy; distribution; biology and ecology; remarks ]  General reference
 Oliver, P.G. 1995. p.269 [ distribution; description; ecology ]  General reference

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Loboconcha
          Bivalvia
            Heterodonta
              Veneroida
                Veneroidea
                  Veneridae Rafinesque, 1815
                    Pitariinae Stewart, 1930
                      Callista Poli, 1791
                        Callista (Callista) Poli, 1791
                          Callista (Callista) florida (Lamarck, 1818)

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=59283) created by Peter Ulrik Middelfart on 2001-12-05. Record last updated by benamy on 2002-09-18.