OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database

Data as of: 2006-05-17

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Bivalvia Veneroida Corbiculidae 

Polymesoda (Geloina) bengalensis (Lamarck, 1818)

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Cyrena bengalensis Lamarck, 1818

Common Name

Hoi gan (Th.) p.106      Nateewathana, A. 1995.  

Distribution

  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificCentral and East Indian OceanEastern Indian OceanThailand (W)
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificCentral and East Indian OceanEastern Indian OceanBay of Bengal
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificCentral and East Indian OceanEastern Indian OceanIndia (E)
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificCentral and East Indian OceanEastern Indian OceanMalaysia (W)

Keywords

habitat: mangrove 

References

 Morton, B. 1984. p.83 Distribution
 Nateewathana, A. 1995. p.106 Secondary source
 Prashad, B. 1932. p.175-176 General reference

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Loboconcha
          Bivalvia
            Heterodonta
              Veneroida
                Corbiculoidea
                  Corbiculidae Gray, 1847
                    Polymesoda Rafinesque, 1820
                      Polymesoda (Geloina) Gray, 1842
                        Polymesoda (Geloina) bengalensis (Lamarck, 1818)

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=66487) created by Peter Ulrik Middelfart on 2002-03-18. Record last updated by Shannon Reid on 2003-01-16.