OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database
Data as of: 2006-05-17
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Bivalvia Veneroida Tellinidae
Moerella compacta (Smith, 1885)
Type of listing: Name in current use
Synonymy
Tellina compacta Smith, 1885
Distribution
{Torres Strait and Northern Territory }
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: N coast
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Gulf of Carp.
ABRS Regions: Australia: Northern Territory
ABRS Regions: Australia: Queensland
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Australia (N): Northern Territory
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Australia (N): Queensland
Keywords
depth: sublittoral [to 11 metres]
References
Lamprell, K. & Whitehead, T. 1992. p.92, no. 316 General reference
Classification
Animalia
Mollusca
Conchifera
Loboconcha
Bivalvia
Heterodonta
Veneroida
Tellinoidea
Tellinidae *
Arcopagiinae Kuroda & Habe, 1981
Moerella Fischer, 1887
Moerella compacta (Smith, 1885)
Metadata
Taxon name record (intBiotaID=17274) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by Shannon Reid on 2002-02-28.