OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database

Data as of: 2006-05-17

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Bivalvia Mytiloida Mytilidae 

Brachidontes emarginatus (Reeve, 1858)

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Modiola emarginatus Reeve, 1858

Distribution

wide distribution, from India to Japan

  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificCentral and East Indian OceanEastern Indian OceanIndia (E)
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificCentral and East Indian OceanIndo-ArabiaIndia (W)
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificIndo-ChinaJapan
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificIndo-ChinaVietnam
     Chinh, N. 2001. p.412 
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificIndo-ChinaChina
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificIndo-China
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificCentral and East Indian OceanEastern Indian Ocean
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificIndo-ChinaChinaHong Kong (Xianggang)
     Valentich-Scott, P. 2003. p.265 

Keywords

depth: intertidal [ ]
habitat: rocks [ attached to surfaces of rocks or wharf pilings ]

References

 Lamy, E. 1932. p.4 [ taxonomic data ]  Secondary source
 Lee, S.Y. and Morton, B. 1983. p.53 [ distrbution; ecology ]  General reference

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Loboconcha
          Bivalvia
            Pteriomorphia
              Mytiloida
                Mytilidae Rafinesque, 1815
                  Brachidontes Swainson, 1840
                    Brachidontes (Unplaced)
                      Brachidontes (Unplaced) emarginatus (Reeve, 1858)

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=60935) created by Peter Ulrik Middelfart on 2001-12-18. Record last updated by Shannon Reid on 2003-09-15.