OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database

Data as of: 2006-05-17

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Bivalvia Mytiloida Mytilidae 

Lithophaga (Lithophaga) straminea (Reeve, 1858)

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Lithodomus stramineus Reeve, 1858

Distribution

  ABRS RegionsAustraliaQueensland
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificIndo-MalaysiaAustralia (N)Timor Sea
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificIndo-MalaysiaAustralia (N)Queensland
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificCentral and East Indian OceanEastern Indian OceanIndia (E)Tamil Nadu
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificCentral and East Indian OceanEastern Indian OceanIndia (E)
     Hylleberg, J. & Kilburn, R.N. 2002. p.58 

Keywords

habitat: coral [ inhabit coral burrows, sometimes covered with calcareous encrustations ]

References

 Hedley, C. 1906. p.464 Distribution
 Satyamurti, S.T. 1956. p.40 Secondary source

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Loboconcha
          Bivalvia
            Pteriomorphia
              Mytiloida
                Mytilidae Rafinesque, 1815
                  Lithophaga Röding, 1798
                    Lithophaga (Lithophaga) Röding, 1798
                      Lithophaga (Lithophaga) straminea (Reeve, 1858)

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=61764) created by Peter Ulrik Middelfart on 2002-01-07. Record last updated by Shannon Reid on 2003-03-26.