OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database

Data as of: 2006-05-17

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Bivalvia Arcoida Glycymerididae 

Tucetona sordida (Tate, 1891)

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Pectunculus sordidus Tate, 1891
   Glycymeris insignis Pilsbry, 1906

Common Name

Sordid Dog Cockle p.280, fig. 320      Macpherson, J.H. & Gabriel, C.J. 1962.  

Distribution

  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Great Australian Bight
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Lower W coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: S Gulfs coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Bass Strait
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Tas. coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: SW coast
  OBIS Regions: Temperate Indo-West Pacific: Southern Hemisphere: Australia (S): South Australia
  OBIS Regions: Temperate Indo-West Pacific: Southern Hemisphere: Australia (S): Tasmania
  OBIS Regions: Temperate Indo-West Pacific: Southern Hemisphere: Australia (S): Victoria
  OBIS Regions: Temperate Indo-West Pacific: Southern Hemisphere: Australia (S): Western Australia

Keywords

depth: continental shelf [ to 64m depth ]
substrate: sand 

References

 Allan, J. 1950. p.251, pl 30, fig. 7 [ as T. insignis; illustration, description, distribution, habitat ]  General reference
 Cotton, B.C. 1961. p.58, fig. 41 [ as G. sordidus; illustration, description, distribution ]  General reference
 Cotton, B.C. 1961. p.57, fig. 39 [ as G. insignis; illustration, description, distribution, habitat ]  General reference
 Lamprell, K. & Whitehead, T. 1992. pl. 4, fig. 21 [ illustration, description, distribution, habitat ]  General reference
 Macpherson, J.H. & Gabriel, C.J. 1962. p.280, fig. 320 [ illustration, description, distribution, habitat ]  General reference

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Loboconcha
          Bivalvia
            Pteriomorphia
              Arcoida
                Limopsoidea
                  Glycymerididae Newton, 1922
                    Tucetona Iredale, 1939
                      Tucetona sordida (Tate, 1891)

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=16075) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by Peter Ulrik Middelfart on 2001-08-07.