OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database

Data as of: 2006-05-17

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Bivalvia Ostreoida Ostreidae 

Ostrea (Ostrea) lima Sowerby, 1871

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Ostrea lima Sowerby, 1871
   Ostrea kauaia Dall, Bartsch & Rehder, 1938

Distribution

Pacific coast at 32°C

  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificOceaniaPolynesiaHawaiian Islands (Sandwich Islands)
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificIndo-ChinaJapan

Keywords

depth: continental slope [ 554-624 m ]

References

  Higo, S., Callomon, P. & Goto, Y. 1999. p.439, no. B396 General reference
 Kay, E.A. 1979. p.538, fig. 173C General reference

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Loboconcha
          Bivalvia
            Pteriomorphia
              Ostreoida
                Ostreina
                  Ostreoidea
                    Ostreidae Rafinesque, 1815
                      Ostreinae Rafineque, 1815
                        Ostrea Linnaeus, 1758
                          Ostrea (Ostrea) Linnaeus, 1758
                            Ostrea (Ostrea) lima Sowerby, 1871

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=61376) created by Shannon Reid on 2002-01-02. Record last updated by Shannon Reid on 2002-01-03.