OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database

Data as of: 2006-05-17

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Bivalvia Veneroida Mactridae 

Mactra (Mactrotoma) ovalina Lamarck, 1818

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Standella ovalina auct.
   Hemimactra ovalina auct.
   Mactra ovalina Lamarck, 1818
   Mactrinula angulifera Smith, 1884
   Mactra crista Jousseaume, 1894

Distribution

  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificIndo-MalaysiaPhilippines
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificIndo-ChinaJapan
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificEast AfricaDjibouti
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificEast AfricaGulf of Aden
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificCentral and East Indian OceanEastern Indian OceanThailand (W)Phuket

Keywords

substrate: mud 
substrate: sand 

References

 Habe, T. 1964. p.194 Distribution
 Nielsen, C. 1976. p.6 Distribution
 Oliver, P.G. 1992. p.132 [ Synonymy; distribution; biology and ecology; remarks ]  General reference

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Loboconcha
          Bivalvia
            Heterodonta
              Veneroida
                Mactroidea
                  Mactridae Lamarck, 1809
                    Mactrinae Lamarck, 1809
                      Mactra Linnaeus, 1767
                        Mactra (Mactrotoma) Dall, 1894
                          Mactra (Mactrotoma) ovalina Lamarck, 1818

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=60275) created by Peter Ulrik Middelfart on 2001-12-11. Record last updated by Shannon Reid on 2003-06-06.