OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database

Data as of: 2006-05-17

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Bivalvia Veneroida Tellinidae 

Moerella minuta (Lischke, 1872*)

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Tellina (Moerella) minuta Lischke, 1872

Distribution

central Queensland, coastal and Great Barrier Reef {Lampr1992x60}

  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricNE coast
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricGreat Barrier Reef
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificIndo-MalaysiaAustralia (N)Queensland
  ABRS RegionsAustraliaQueensland

Keywords

depth: intertidal 
substrate: sand 

References

 Lamprell, K. & Whitehead, T. 1992. p.92, no. 315 General reference

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Loboconcha
          Bivalvia
            Heterodonta
              Veneroida
                Tellinoidea
                  Tellinidae *
                    Arcopagiinae Kuroda & Habe, 1981
                      Moerella Fischer, 1887
                        Moerella minuta (Lischke, 1872*)

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=17272) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by Shannon Reid on 2002-02-27.