OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database
Data as of: 2006-05-17
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Bivalvia Veneroida Veneridae
Venerupis rugosa Sowerby, 1854
Type of listing: Name in current use
Synonymy
Venerupis rugosa Sowerby, 1854
Distribution
ABRS Regions: Australia: Western Australia
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: SW coast
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: East Africa: Gulf of Aden
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Red Sea
OBIS Regions: Temperate Indo-West Pacific: Southern Hemisphere: Australia (S): Western Australia
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: East Africa: South Africa
OBIS Regions: Temperate Indo-West Pacific: Southern Hemisphere: South Africa (Cape marine Province)
Keywords
habitat: coral [ in crevices in coral
]
habitat: rocky crevices
References
Fischer-Piette, E. & Metivier, B. 1971. p.83 Secondary source
Hedley, C. 1916. p.166 Distribution
Oliver, P.G. 1992. p.190 [ Synonymy; distribution; biology and ecology; remarks
] General reference
Classification
Animalia
Mollusca
Conchifera
Loboconcha
Bivalvia
Heterodonta
Veneroida
Veneroidea
Veneridae Rafinesque, 1815
Tapetinae Fischer, 1887
Venerupis Lamarck, 1818
Venerupis (Unplaced)
Venerupis (Unplaced) rugosa Sowerby, 1854
Metadata
Taxon name record (intBiotaID=60012) created by Peter Ulrik Middelfart on 2001-12-10. Record last updated by benamy on 2002-09-18.