OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database

Data as of: 2006-05-17

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Bivalvia Veneroida Veneridae 

Irus exotica (Lamarck, 1818)

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Venerupis exoticus Lamarck, 1818

Distribution

  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricBass Strait
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricS Gulfs coast
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricSW coast
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricTas. coast
  ABRS RegionsAustraliaSouth Australia
  ABRS RegionsAustraliaTasmania
  ABRS RegionsAustraliaVictoria
  ABRS RegionsAustraliaWestern Australia
  OBIS RegionsTemperate Indo-West PacificSouthern HemisphereAustralia (S)South Australia
  OBIS RegionsTemperate Indo-West PacificSouthern HemisphereAustralia (S)Tasmania
  OBIS RegionsTemperate Indo-West PacificSouthern HemisphereAustralia (S)Victoria
  OBIS RegionsTemperate Indo-West PacificSouthern HemisphereAustralia (S)Western Australia
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificCentral and East Indian OceanEastern Indian OceanIndia (E)

Keywords

depth: continental shelf [ 8-17 fathoms (approx. 14.6-31.1m) ]
depth: subtidal 

References

 Cotton, B.C. 1961. p.261 Secondary source
 Satyamurti, S.T. 1956. p.133-4 Distribution

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Loboconcha
          Bivalvia
            Heterodonta
              Veneroida
                Veneroidea
                  Veneridae Rafinesque, 1815
                    Tapetinae Fischer, 1887
                      Irus Schmidt, 1818
                        Irus (Unplaced)
                          Irus (Unplaced) exotica (Lamarck, 1818)

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=72652) created by Peter Ulrik Middelfart on 2002-06-27. Record last updated by Peter Ulrik Middelfart on 2002-06-27.