OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database

Data as of: 2006-05-17

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Bivalvia Mytiloida Mytilidae 

Xenostrobus balani Ockelmann, 1983

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Xenostrobus balani Ockelmann, 1983

Distribution

  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Central and East Indian Ocean: Eastern Indian Ocean: Thailand (W): Terutao
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Central and East Indian Ocean: Eastern Indian Ocean: Thailand (W): Phuket

Keywords

depth: intertidal 
habit: byssally attached [ to empty barnacle shells, for example, Balanus amphitrite and Chthalamus withersi ]
habitat: mangrove [ ]

References

 Ockelmann, K.W. 1983. p.107 [ type data; description; ecology; distribution ]  Secondary source

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Loboconcha
          Bivalvia
            Pteriomorphia
              Mytiloida
                Mytilidae Rafinesque, 1815
                  Xenostrobus Wilson, 1966
                    Xenostrobus balani Ockelmann, 1983

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=61203) created by Peter Ulrik Middelfart on 2001-12-20. Record last updated by Shannon Reid on 2003-05-29.