OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database

Data as of: 2006-05-17

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Bivalvia Veneroida Cardiidae 

Vasticardium orbita hawaiiensis (Dall, Bartsch & Rehder, 1938)

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Trachycardium hawaiiensis Dall, Bartsch & Rehder, 1938

Distribution

  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Oceania: Polynesia: Hawaiian Islands (Sandwich Islands)
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Oceania: Polynesia: Hawaiian Islands (Sandwich Islands)

Keywords

depth: continental shelf [ occasional valves have been dredged to depths of 60m ]
depth: sublittoral [ to depths of less than 20m ]
habitat: coral reef [ shoreward of fringing reefs ]

References

 Kay, E.A. 1979. p.556 [ distribtuion; synonymy; decription; ecology ]  General reference
 Vidal, J. 1997. p.18 [ synonymy, description, subspecies, illustration ]  General reference

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Loboconcha
          Bivalvia
            Heterodonta
              Veneroida
                Cardioidea
                  Cardiidae Lamarck, 1809
                    Trachycardiinae Steward, 1930
                      Vasticardium Iredale, 1927
                        Vasticardium orbita (Broderip & Sowerby, 1833)
                          Vasticardium orbita hawaiiensis (Dall, Bartsch & Rehder, 1938)

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=62920) created by Peter Ulrik Middelfart on 2002-01-23. Record last updated by Shannon Reid on 2003-05-30.