OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database

Data as of: 2006-05-17

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Bivalvia Veneroida Cardiidae 

Fulvia (Fulvia) natalensis (Krauss, 1848)

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Cardium natalense Krauss, 1848
   Cardium natalense var. adjacens Turton, 1932

Distribution

endemic od the south-Eastern coast of South Africa, from Port Alfred to False Bay

  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: East Africa: Mozambique: Inhambane
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: East Africa: South Africa

Keywords

depth: intertidal [ in calm littoral waters of variable salinity ]
habitat: estuaries 
substrate: mud [ probably in muddy organic terrigrenous facies ]

References

 Vidal, J. 1994. p.104 [ synonymy, illustration, type data, description, distribution ]  General reference

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Loboconcha
          Bivalvia
            Heterodonta
              Veneroida
                Cardioidea
                  Cardiidae Lamarck, 1809
                    Laevicardiinae Keen, 1936
                      Fulvia Gray, 1853
                        Fulvia (Fulvia) Gray, 1853
                          Fulvia (Fulvia) natalensis (Krauss, 1848)

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=62801) created by Peter Ulrik Middelfart on 2002-01-22. Record last updated by Shannon Reid on 2003-06-05.