OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database

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Bivalvia Ostreoida Ostreidae 

Dendostrea trapezina (Lamarck, 1819)

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Ostrea trapezina Lamarck, 1819

Common Name

saddle oyster p.145      Thomson, J.M. 1954.  

Distribution

  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Central W coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: N coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: NW coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: Northern Territory
  ABRS Regions: Australia: Western Australia
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Gulf of Carp.
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Australia (N)

Keywords

depth: intertidal [ below lowtide level ]
salinity: marine 

References

 Thomson, J.M. 1954. p.145-146, pl. 1, fig. 4; pl. 2, figs. 1-2 Contains synonymy

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Loboconcha
          Bivalvia
            Pteriomorphia
              Ostreoida
                Ostreina
                  Ostreoidea
                    Ostreidae Rafinesque, 1815
                      Lophinae Vyalov, 1936
                        Dendostrea Swainson, 1835
                          Dendostrea trapezina (Lamarck, 1819)

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=61729) created by Shannon Reid on 2002-01-07. Record last updated by Shannon Reid on 2002-01-07.