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 Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: East Africa: Mozambique
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: East Africa: South 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.