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Bivalvia Veneroida Tellinidae 

Tellinides ovalis (Sowerby, 1825)

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Tellinides ovalis Sowerby, 1825
   Tellina gratiosa Römer, 1871
   Angulus hawaiensis Dall, Bartsch & Rehder, 1938

Distribution

Queensland, coastal and Great Barrier Reef {Lampr1992x60} Indonesia, Philippines, South China Sea, Hainan, Taiwan, Okinawa to honshu, Japan and Hawaii {Bernard&Cai&Morton1993}

  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricNE coast
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricGreat Barrier Reef
  ABRS RegionsAustraliaQueensland
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificIndo-MalaysiaAustralia (N)Queensland
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificEast AfricaGulf of Aden
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificEast AfricaSudan
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificRed Sea
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West Pacific

Keywords

depth: continental shelf [{to 50 metres f1{Bernard&Cai&Morton1993} f0 }]
depth: intertidal 
depth: shallow subtidal 
depth: subtidal 
substrate: mud 
substrate: sand 

References

 Bernard, F.R., Cai, Y.Y. & Morton, B. 1993. p.90 Secondary source
 Lamprell, K. & Whitehead, T. 1992. p.92, no. 307 General reference
 Oliver, P.G. 1992. p.154 [ Synonymy; distribution; biology and ecology; remarks ]  General reference

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Loboconcha
          Bivalvia
            Heterodonta
              Veneroida
                Tellinoidea
                  Tellinidae *
                    Tellininae
                      Tellinides Lamarck, 1818
                        Tellinides ovalis (Sowerby, 1825)

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=17252) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by benamy on 2002-09-17.