Gafrarium pectinatum (Linnaeus, 1758)
|
publication ID |
https://doi.org/ 10.1080/00222930410001695097 |
|
persistent identifier |
https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03EC8797-6F52-FFE7-FE10-FA91FD044D8E |
|
treatment provided by |
Felipe |
|
scientific name |
Gafrarium pectinatum (Linnaeus, 1758) |
| status |
|
Gafrarium pectinatum (Linnaeus, 1758) View in CoL
Habitat. In coarse sand and among coral rubble often under or around larger blocks and rocks. Juveniles byssally attached. Lower littoral and sublittoral.
Distribution. The most frequently encountered ‘clam’ found living at many locations.
Remarks. This is the only species of Gafrarium living in the Rodrigues lagoon whereas in Mauritius and Seychelles both G. tumidum Röding, 1798 and G. dispar (Holten, 1802) are present.
Range. Indo-Pacific [R/M/S].
Figured specimen. 42.3 mm, NMW.Z.1999.073.00044.
FIG. 11.
No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.