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 Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Oceania: Polynesia: Hawaiian Islands (Sandwich Islands)
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-China: Japan
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.