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 RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificCentral and East Indian OceanEastern Indian OceanIndia (E)Tamil Nadu
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificIndo-ChinaThailand (E)
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificCentral and East Indian OceanEastern Indian OceanThailand (W)
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificCentral and East Indian OceanEastern Indian OceanIndia (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.