Vasticardium pectiniforme (Born, 1790)

Oliver, P. Graham, Holmes, Anna, Killeen, Ian, Light, Janice & Wood, Harriet, 2004, Annotated checklist of the marine Bivalvia of Rodrigues, Journal of Natural History 38 (23), pp. 3229-3272 : 3255

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.1080/00222930410001695097

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5253808

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03EC8797-6F6C-FFDA-FE10-FAF6FCAE4D7A

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Felipe

scientific name

Vasticardium pectiniforme (Born, 1790)
status

 

Vasticardium pectiniforme (Born, 1790) View in CoL

Habitat. Living close to the surface on coarse sand among coral debris in the sublittoral.

Distribution. Found only once alive between Hermitage and Gombrani but dead shells and disarticulated valves are common in this area and are not infrequent throughout the lagoon.

Range. Indo-Pacific [R/M/S].

Figured specimen. 41.7 mm, NMW.Z.20000.086.00048.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Mollusca

Class

Bivalvia

Order

Cardiida

Family

Cardiidae

Genus

Vasticardium

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