OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database
Data as of: 2006-05-17
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Bivalvia Mytiloida Mytilidae
Musculus (Musculus) virgiliae Barnard, 1964
Type of listing: Name in current use
Synonymy
Mytilus emarginatus (non Benson in Reeve, 1858) auct.
Musculus (Musculus) virgiliae Barnard, 1964
Distribution
occurring from Great Brak river, through the eastern Cape and Natal to Lagoa Poelela, near Inhambane, Mozambique
OBIS Regions: Temperate Indo-West Pacific: Southern Hemisphere: South Africa (Cape marine Province)
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: East Africa: South Africa
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: East Africa: Mozambique
Keywords
habitat: estuarine [ upper reaches of estuaries and lagoons, in regions of low salinity
]
References
Bernard, R.T.F., Davies, B.R. & Hodgson, A.N. 1988. p.278 Biology and ecology
Davies, B.R. 1980. p.227 [ synonymy; ecology; distribution
] Secondary source
Davies, B.R. 1980. p.227figs 2 E, F, 3 a-f Biology and ecology
Kilburn, R. N. . General reference
Kilburn, R.N. & Rippey, E. 1982. p.159, 216 General reference
Steyn, D.G. & Lussi, M. 1998. p.200, fig. 810 General reference
Classification
Animalia
Mollusca
Conchifera
Loboconcha
Bivalvia
Pteriomorphia
Mytiloida
Mytilidae Rafinesque, 1815
Musculus Röding, 1798
Musculus (Musculus) Röding, 1798
Musculus (Musculus) virgiliae Barnard, 1964
Metadata
Taxon name record (intBiotaID=61211) created by Peter Ulrik Middelfart on 2001-12-20. Record last updated by Peter Ulrik Middelfart on 2004-09-05.