OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database

Data as of: 2006-05-17

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Bivalvia Veneroida Donacidae 

Hecuba scortum (Linnaeus, 1758)

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Donax pubescens Linnaeus, 1758
   Venus scortum Linnaeus, 1758

Distribution

  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificCentral and East Indian OceanIndo-ArabiaIndia (W)
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificCentral and East Indian OceanEastern Indian OceanIndia (E)
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificCentral and East Indian OceanEastern Indian OceanSri Lanka
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificCentral and East Indian OceanEastern Indian OceanMyanmar (Burma)
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificEast AfricaSouth Africa
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificIndo-ChinaChina
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificCentral and East Indian OceanEastern Indian OceanIndia (E)
     Hylleberg, J. & Kilburn, R.N. 2002. p.67 

References

 Subba Rao, N.V. & Dey, A. 1986. p.7-10, figs. 4, 20-21 Contains synonymy

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Loboconcha
          Bivalvia
            Heterodonta
              Veneroida
                Tellinoidea
                  Donacidae Fleming, 1828*
                    Hecuba Schumacher, 1817
                      Hecuba scortum (Linnaeus, 1758)

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=64672) created by Shannon Reid on 2002-02-20. Record last updated by Shannon Reid on 2003-03-27.