OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database

Data as of: 2006-05-17

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Bivalvia Veneroida Veneridae 

Dosinia hepatica (Lamarck, 1818)

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Artemis hepatica auct.
   Cytherea hepatica Lamarck, 1818
   Dosinia hepatica (Lamarck, 1818)
   Cytherea hepatica var. subquadrata Krauss, 1848

Distribution

  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificEast AfricaMozambiqueInhambane
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificCentral and East Indian OceanEastern Indian OceanIndia (E)
  OBIS RegionsTemperate Indo-West PacificSouthern HemisphereSouth Africa (Cape marine Province)
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificRed Sea
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificEast AfricaMozambique
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificEast AfricaMadagascar
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificEast AfricaSouth Africa
  ABRS RegionsAustralia?

References

 Deshayes, G.P. 1853. p.18 Distribution
 Fischer-Piette, E. 1968. p.792 Distribution
 Fischer-Piette, E. & Métivier, B. 1971. p.1287 Distribution
 Oliver, P.G. 1992. p.188 [ Synonymy; distribution; biology and ecology; remarks ]  General reference
 Steyn, D.G. & Lussi, M. 1998. p.240 [ distribution; description ]  General reference

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Loboconcha
          Bivalvia
            Heterodonta
              Veneroida
                Veneroidea
                  Veneridae Rafinesque, 1815
                    Dosiniinae Adams H.& A., 1858
                      Dosinia Scopoli, 1777
                        Dosinia hepatica (Lamarck, 1818)

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=59499) created by Peter Ulrik Middelfart on 2001-12-06. Record last updated by benamy on 2002-09-18.