OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database

Data as of: 2006-05-17

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Bivalvia Nuculoida Tindariidae 

Spinula calcar (Dall, 1908)

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Leda calcar Dall, 1908

Distribution

Cosmopolitan in deep water

  OBIS Regions: Eastern Pacific
  OBIS Regions: Temperate Indo-West Pacific
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific

Keywords

depth: continental rise [ 1500-3500 m ]
substrate: mud 

References

 Bernard, F.R., Cai, Y.Y. & Morton, B. 1993. p.20 Secondary source

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Loboconcha
          Bivalvia
            Protobranchia
              Nuculoida
                Nuculoidea
                  Tindariidae Scarlato & Starobogator, 1971
                    Spinula Dall, 1908
                      Spinula calcar (Dall, 1908)

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=62260) created by Shannon Reid on 2002-01-14. Record last updated by Shannon Reid on 2002-01-14.