OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database

Data as of: 2006-05-17

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Bivalvia Veneroida Veneridae 

Venus verrucosa Linnaeus, 1758

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Venus verrucosa Linnaeus, 1758
   Venus lemani Payraudeau, 1826

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
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificEast AfricaMozambiqueMaputoInhaca, Ilha da
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificRed Sea
     Dekker, H. & Orlin, Z. 2000. p.15 

References

 Fischer-Piette, E. 1973. p.268 [ description; distribtuion; synonymy ]  Secondary source
 Steyn, D.G. & Lussi, M. 1998. p.242 [ description; distribution ]  General reference

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Loboconcha
          Bivalvia
            Heterodonta
              Veneroida
                Veneroidea
                  Veneridae Rafinesque, 1815
                    Venerinae Swainson, 1840
                      Venus Linnaeus, 1758
                        Venus verrucosa Linnaeus, 1758

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=66033) created by Peter Ulrik Middelfart on 2002-03-11. Record last updated by benamy on 2002-09-18.