OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database

Data as of: 2006-05-17

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Bivalvia Arcoida Glycymerididae 

Tucetona pectunculus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

Included taxa

   Tucetona pectunculus pectunculus (Linnaeus, 1758)
   Tucetona pectunculus audouini Matsukuma, 1984

Common Name

Comb Bittersweet Clam p.38, pl.39C      Wilson, B 2002.  

Distribution

  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Red Sea Throughout Region
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Great Barrier Reef
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: NE coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Gulf of Carp.
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: N coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: NW coast
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Australia (N): Northern Territory
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Australia (N): Queensland
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Australia (N): Western Australia
  ABRS Regions: Australia: Northern Territory
  ABRS Regions: Australia: Queensland
  ABRS Regions: Australia: Western Australia

Keywords

depth: intertidal 
habitat: coral sand 
substrate: sand       Oliver, P.G. 1992. p.43 

References

 Allan, J. 1950. p.250, pl. 30 ,fig. 4 [ as T. amboinensis; illustration, description, distribution ]  General reference
 Cernohorsky, W. O. 1985. p.64, fig. 39 [ as G. (Tucetona) pectunculus; synonymy, illustration, description, distribution ]  General reference
 Dance, S.P. (ed) 1995. p.213, fig. 939 [ as G. pectunculus; illustration, description, distribution, habitat ]  General reference
 Dharma, B. 1992. p.80, pl. 18, fig. 8 [ illustration, description, habitat ]  General reference
 Habe, T. 1964. p.165, pl. 49, fig. 20 [ as T. (Tucetopsis) amboinensis; illustration, description, distribution ]  General reference
 Hedley, C. 1909. p.423 [ as G. pectunculus; details of original author, year and publication ]  General reference
 Lamprell, K. & Whitehead, T. 1992. pl. 4, fig. 20 [ illustration, description, distribution, habitat ]  General reference
 Oliver, P.G. 1992. p.43, pl. 4 [ synonymy, illustration, description, distribution, habitat ]  General reference
 Oliver, P.G. 1992. p.43 Biology and ecology
 Oliver, P.G. 1992. p.43 Anatomy
 Rippingale, O.H. & McMichael, D.F. 1961. p.166, pl. 23, fig. 2 [ as T. amboinensis extra; illustration, description, distribution, habitat ]  General reference
 Wye, K.R. 1991. p.243, text fig. [ illustration, description, distribution, habitat ]  General reference

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Loboconcha
          Bivalvia
            Pteriomorphia
              Arcoida
                Limopsoidea
                  Glycymerididae Newton, 1922
                    Tucetona Iredale, 1939
                      Tucetona pectunculus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=16071) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by Peter Ulrik Middelfart on 2004-01-19.