OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database

Data as of: 2006-05-17

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Bivalvia Veneroida Veneridae 

Pitar (Pitarina) abbreviatus (Krauss, 1848)

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Meretrix hebraea auct.
   Cytherea hebraea auct.
   Pitaria hebraea Lamarck, 1818
   Venus abbreviata Krauss, 1848
   Pitar abbreviatus (Krauss, 1848)
   Pitar (Pitarina) abbreviatus (Krauss, 1848)
   Chione kraussi Deshayes, 1853

Distribution

south-east Africa, from northern Mozambique to Durban Bay

  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificEast AfricaMozambique
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificEast AfricaSouth Africa

Keywords

depth: subtidal [ rarely as deep as 12m ]
exposure: sheltered 
habitat: sand [ clean sand ]

References

 Lamprell, K. & Kilburn, R.N. 1999. p.31 [ 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 (Pitarina) Jukes-Browne, 1913
                          Pitar (Pitarina) abbreviatus (Krauss, 1848)

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=65829) created by Peter Ulrik Middelfart on 2002-03-07. Record last updated by benamy on 2002-07-24.