Indo-Pacific Molluscan Species Database at The Academy of Natural Sciences

OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database

Data as of: 2006-05-17

Bivalvia Mytiloida Mytilidae

Amygdalum politum (Verrill, 1880)

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Modiolaria polita auct.
   Brachidontes (Amygdalum) watsoni auct.
   Musculus (Amygdalum) watsoni auct.
   Modiola polita Verrill, 1880
   Modiola lutea Fischer, 1882
   Modiola watsoni Smith, 1885

Distribution

Keywords

habit: byssally attached [ commonly attached in groups by means of byssal threads, and always trawled in association with Nephrops andamanicus ]
References
Kilburn, R.N. 1973. p.576 [ ecology ] Secondary source
Knudsen, J. 1967. p.269 [ distribution; synonymy ] Secondary source
Classification
  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Loboconcha
          Bivalvia
            Pteriomorphia
              Mytiloida
                Mytilidae Rafinesque, 1815
                  Amygdalum Megerle von Muhlfeldt, 1811
                    Amygdalum politum (Verrill, 1880)
Metadata
Taxon name record (intBiotaID=61900) created by Peter Ulrik Middelfart on 2002-01-09. Record last updated by Shannon Reid on 2003-08-15.