OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database

Data as of: 2006-05-17

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Bivalvia Veneroida Cardiidae 

Fulvia (Fulvia) dulcis (Deshayes, 1863)

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Cardium dulce Deshayes, 1863

Distribution

  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: East Africa: South Africa
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Papua New Guinea
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Oceania: Western Pacific: New Caledonia
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: East Africa: Mascarene Islands: Reunion

Keywords

depth: continental shelf [ in shallow terrigenous facies, east of the island, between 20-50m (New Caledonia); 45-50m (South Africa) ]
substrate: sand [ fine sandy facies ]

References

 Vidal, J. 1994. p.107 [ 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) dulcis (Deshayes, 1863)

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=62806) created by Peter Ulrik Middelfart on 2002-01-22. Record last updated by Peter Ulrik Middelfart on 2002-01-30.