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Data as of: 2006-05-17

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Bivalvia Veneroida Veneridae 

Pitar (Costellipitar) manillae (Sowerby, 1851)

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Circe manillae auct.
   Caryatis manillae auct.
   Meretrix manillae auct.
   Cytherea manillae G.B. Sowerby II, 1851
   Pitar manillae (Sowerby, 1851)
   Pitar (Costellipitar) manillae (Sowerby, 1851)

Distribution

Lamprell & Kilburn, 1999: "Philippines and Indonesia to Madagascar and south to Durban,...off eastern Transkei."

  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: East Africa: South Africa
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Philippines
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-China: China: Guangdong
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-China: South China Sea
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: East Africa: Madagascar
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Indonesia

Keywords

depth: continental shelf [ to 60 m; 46-140m ]
depth: intertidal 
depth: shallow subtidal 
depth: subtidal 
substrate: mud 
substrate: sand 

References

 Bernard, F.R., Cai, Y.Y. & Morton, B. 1993. p.79 Secondary source
 Fischer-Piette, E. 1973. p.285 [ distribution; synonymy ]  Secondary source
 Lamprell, K. & Kilburn, R.N. 1999. p.28 [ distribution; synonymy; type data; ecology ]  Secondary source

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Loboconcha
          Bivalvia
            Heterodonta
              Veneroida
                Veneroidea
                  Veneridae Rafinesque, 1815
                    Pitariinae Stewart, 1930
                      Pitar Römer, 1857
                        Pitar (Costellipitar) Habe, 1951
                          Pitar (Costellipitar) manillae (Sowerby, 1851)

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=62955) created by Shannon Reid on 2002-01-23. Record last updated by Peter Ulrik Middelfart on 2002-07-31.