OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database

Data as of: 2006-05-17

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Bivalvia Veneroida Veneridae 

Phacosoma japonicus (Reeve, 1850)

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Artemis japonica Reeve, 1850

Distribution

  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificIndo-ChinaJapan
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificIndo-ChinaChina
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificIndo-ChinaChinaHong Kong (Xianggang)
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificIndo-ChinaEast China Sea
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificIndo-ChinaYellow Sea

Keywords

depth: continental shelf [ to 60m ]
depth: subtidal 
habitat: sand [ fine sand ]

References

 Higo, S., Callomon, P. & Goto, Y. 1999. p.507 Secondary source
 Sato, S. 1996. p.51 General reference

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Loboconcha
          Bivalvia
            Heterodonta
              Veneroida
                Veneroidea
                  Veneridae Rafinesque, 1815
                    Dosiniinae Adams H.& A., 1858
                      Phacosoma Jukes-Brown, 1912
                        Phacosoma japonicus (Reeve, 1850)

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=72062) created by Mark Kitson on 2002-06-13. Record last updated by Peter Ulrik Middelfart on 2002-07-31.