OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database

Data as of: 2006-05-17

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Bivalvia Veneroida Mesodesmatidae 

Paphies (Regterenia) africanum (Turton, 1932)

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Donacilla africana Turton, 1932

Distribution

  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificEast AfricaSouth Africa
  OBIS RegionsTemperate Indo-West PacificSouthern HemisphereSouth Africa (Cape marine Province)
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificEast AfricaMadagascar
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificEast AfricaMozambique

References

 Beu, A.G. & de Rooij-Schuiling, L.A. 1982. p.225 Secondary source

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Loboconcha
          Bivalvia
            Heterodonta
              Veneroida
                Mactroidea
                  Mesodesmatidae Gray, 1840
                    Mesodesmatinae Gray, 1840
                      Paphies Lesson, 1830
                        Paphies (Regterenia) De Rooij-Schuling, 1972
                          Paphies (Regterenia) africanum (Turton, 1932)

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=64585) created by Peter Ulrik Middelfart on 2002-02-19. Record last updated by Peter Ulrik Middelfart on 2002-02-19.