OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database

Data as of: 2006-05-17

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Bivalvia Arcoida Glycymerididae 

Tucetona gealei (Angas, 1873)

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Grandaxinaea gealei auct.
   Pectunculus gealei Angas, 1873
   Tucetona hoylei superior Iredale, 1939

Common Name

Nodulose Dog Cockle p.250, fig. 3      Allan, J. 1950.  

Distribution

  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Bass Strait
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Lower E coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Central E coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: NE coast
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Australia (N): Queensland
  OBIS Regions: Temperate Indo-West Pacific: Southern Hemisphere: Australia (S): New South Wales
  OBIS Regions: Temperate Indo-West Pacific: Southern Hemisphere: Australia (S): Victoria
  ABRS Regions: Australia: New South Wales
  ABRS Regions: Australia: Queensland
  ABRS Regions: Australia: Victoria

Keywords

depth: continental shelf [ to 60m depth ]
substrate: sand 
substrate: shell [ ]

References

 Allan, J. 1950. p.250, fig. 3 [ illustration, description, distribution, habitat ]  General reference
 Iredale, T. & McMichael, D.F. 1962. p.9 General reference
 Lamprell, K. & Whitehead, T. 1992. pl. 3, fig. 14 [ illustration, description, distribution, habitat ]  General reference
 Thornley, G. 1951. p.46, fig. 7 [ as Grandaxinaea gealei; illustration, locality ]  General reference

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Loboconcha
          Bivalvia
            Pteriomorphia
              Arcoida
                Limopsoidea
                  Glycymerididae Newton, 1922
                    Tucetona Iredale, 1939
                      Tucetona gealei (Angas, 1873)

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=16055) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by Shannon Reid on 2003-05-30.