OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database
Data as of: 2006-05-17
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Bivalvia Veneroida Veneridae
Pitar (Pitarina) medipictus Lamprell & Kilburn, 1999
Type of listing: Name in current use
Synonymy
Caryatis hebraea auct.
Pitar medipictus Lamprell & Kilburn, 1999
Distribution
Lamprell & Kilburn, 1999: "Endemic to the Agulhas Bank and Transkei shelf, from False Bay to off Port St Johns."
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: East Africa: South Africa
OBIS Regions: Temperate Indo-West Pacific: Southern Hemisphere: South Africa (Cape marine Province)
Keywords
depth: continental shelf
depth: continental slope [ 50-220m
]
habitat: in mud [ occasionally in mud
]
habitat: sand [ mainly in coarse sand
]
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) medipictus Lamprell & Kilburn, 1999
Metadata
Taxon name record (intBiotaID=65847) created by Peter Ulrik Middelfart on 2002-03-07. Record last updated by benamy on 2002-07-24.