OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database

Data as of: 2006-05-17

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Bivalvia Veneroida Tellinidae 

Tellinella pulcherrima (Sowerby, 1825)

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Tellina pulcherrima Sowerby, 1825

Distribution

{central Queensland, Great Barrier Reef and coastal to Torres Strait {Lampr1992x60} Indo-Pacific, Philippines, South China Sea, Taiwan to Honshu, Japan fs17{Bernard&Cai&Morton1993} fs17 }

  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: NE coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Gulf of Carp.
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Australia (N): Queensland
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Great Barrier Reef
  ABRS Regions: Australia: Queensland
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-China
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Philippines
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-China: Japan
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-China: South China Sea
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-China: Taiwan

Keywords

depth: continental shelf [{to 50 metres {Bernard&Cai&Morton1993}}]
depth: intertidal 
depth: shallow subtidal 
depth: subtidal [{to 16 metres {Lampr1992x60} }]
substrate: sand 

References

 Bernard, F.R., Cai, Y.Y. & Morton, B. 1993. p.89 Secondary source
 Lamprell, K. & Whitehead, T. 1992. p.88, no. 295 [{as Tellina (Tellinella) pulcherrima Sowerby, 1825}]  Alternate taxonomic arrangement

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Loboconcha
          Bivalvia
            Heterodonta
              Veneroida
                Tellinoidea
                  Tellinidae *
                    Tellininae
                      Tellinella Mörch, 1853
                        Tellinella pulcherrima (Sowerby, 1825)

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=17219) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by Shannon Reid on 2002-02-26.