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Codakia Paytenorum
Payten's Codakia


Zhi Long Delwyn Goh (2011)

 

 

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Distribution

Bivalves of the Lucinidae family are of particularly varied and abundant in the tropics, with a depth range from the intertidal zone to around 2500 m, and occupying a wide range of habitats, including mangrove muds, intertidal sands, seagrass beds, subtidal sites of organic enrichment, oxygen minimum zones, cold seeps, mud volcanoes, and hydrothermal vents.

The Codokia paytenorum species in particular are found in soft sediment substrates of the Red Sea, Indian Ocean, and the West Pacific. It is also considered a common bivalve found by beachcombers on the lagoon beaches. Found to be common and widespread in Lord Howe Island Marine Park. The adapted table below summarizes the countries it can be found in and its status as a native species.

Country

ABB

Status

Faunal List

Point Data

Main Ref.

Australia

AUS

native

Yes

Bernard, F.R., Y.Y. Cai and B. Morton 1993 Catalogue of the living marine bivalve molluscs of China. Hong Kong University Press, Hong Kong. 121 p.

China Main

CHN

native

Yes

Bernard, F.R., Y.Y. Cai and B. Morton 1993 Catalogue of the living marine bivalve molluscs of China. Hong Kong University Press, Hong Kong. 121 p.

Indonesia

IDN

native

Yes

Yes

Wells, F.E. 2002 Molluscs of the Raja Ampat Islands, Papua province, Indonesia. In McKenna

Japan

JPN

native

Yes

Bernard, F.R., Y.Y. Cai and B. Morton 1993 Catalogue of the living marine bivalve molluscs of China. Hong Kong University Press, Hong Kong. 121 p.

New Caledonia

NCL

native

Yes

Glover, E.A. and J.D. Taylor 2007 Diversity of chemosymbiotic bivalves on coral reefs: Lucinidae (Mollusca, Bivalvia) of New Caledonia and Lifou. Zoosystema 29(1): 109-181.

Philippines

PHL

native

Yes

Yes

Academy of Natural Sciences 2007 Academy of Natural Sciences OBIS Mollusc Database [Darwin Core]. (accessed through GBIF data portal, http://newportal.gbif.org/datasets/resource/172 13/09/2007)

Taiwan

TWN

native

Yes

Bernard, F.R., Y.Y. Cai and B. Morton 1993 Catalogue of the living marine bivalve molluscs of China. Hong Kong University Press, Hong Kong. 121 p.

http://www.sealifebase.org/Country/CountryList.php?ID=103166&GenusName=Codakia&SpeciesName=paytenorum



FAO Area

Status

Note

Indian Ocean, Western

native

30° E - 80° E; 45° S - 30° N

Pacific, Northwest

native

Pacific, Western Central

native

Pacific, Southwest

native


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Ecosystem

Type

Status

East China Sea

Sea/Bay/Gulf

native

Indian Ocean

Sea/Bay/Gulf

native

Indonesian Sea

Sea/Bay/Gulf

native

Pacific Ocean

Sea/Bay/Gulf

native

Red Sea

Sea/Bay/Gulf

native

South China Sea

Sea/Bay/Gulf

native

http://www.sealifebase.org/trophiceco/EcosysList.php?ID=103166&GenusName=Codakia&SpeciesName=paytenorum

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