OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database

Data as of: 2006-05-17

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Bivalvia Ostreoida Ostreidae 

Saccostrea mordax (Gould, 1850)

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Unknown Ostrea mordax Gould, 1850

Distribution

  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificIndo-ChinaJapan
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificIndo-MalaysiaPhilippines
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West Pacific
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificIndo-ChinaChinaHong Kong (Xianggang)
     Valentich-Scott, P. 2003. p.274 

Keywords

depth: intertidal 
habit: cemented, epifaunal [ left valve ]
substrate: rocks 

References

  Higo, S., Callomon, P. & Goto, Y. 1999. p.440, no. B412 General reference

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Loboconcha
          Bivalvia
            Pteriomorphia
              Ostreoida
                Ostreina
                  Ostreoidea
                    Ostreidae Rafinesque, 1815
                      Crassostreinae Torigoe, 1981
                        Saccostrea Dolfuss & Dautzenberg, 1920
                          Saccostrea mordax (Gould, 1850)

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=61531) created by Shannon Reid on 2002-01-04. Record last updated by Shannon Reid on 2003-09-15.