OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database
Data as of: 2006-05-17
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Bivalvia Veneroida Veneridae
Meretrix casta (Chemnitz, 1782)
Type of listing: Name in current use
Synonymy
Venus casta Chemnitz, 1782
Distribution
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Central and East Indian Ocean: Eastern Indian Ocean: India (E): Tamil Nadu
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-China: Thailand (E)
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Central and East Indian Ocean: Eastern Indian Ocean: Thailand (W)
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Central and East Indian Ocean: Eastern Indian Ocean: India (E)
Hylleberg, J. & Kilburn, R.N. 2002. p.65
Keywords
substrate: mud
substrate: sand
References
Satyamurti, S.T. 1956. p.111-2 Secondary source
Yoosukh, W. & Matsukama, A. 2001. p.452 General reference
Classification
Animalia
Mollusca
Conchifera
Loboconcha
Bivalvia
Heterodonta
Veneroida
Veneroidea
Veneridae Rafinesque, 1815
Meretricinae Fischer, 1887
Meretrix Lamarck, 1799
Meretrix casta (Chemnitz, 1782)
Metadata
Taxon name record (intBiotaID=73031) created by Peter Ulrik Middelfart on 2002-07-08. Record last updated by Shannon Reid on 2003-03-27.