OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database
Data as of: 2006-05-17
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Bivalvia Veneroida Tellinidae
Merisca piratica (Hedley, 1918)
Type of listing: Name in current use
Synonymy
Tellina piratica Hedley, 1918
Distribution
central Queensland, Northern Territory to north Western Australia {Lampr1992x60}
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: NE coast
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: N coast
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Gulf of Carp.
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: NW coast
ABRS Regions: Australia: Northern Territory
ABRS Regions: Australia: Queensland
ABRS Regions: Australia: Western Australia
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Australia (N)
Keywords
depth: intertidal
substrate: sand
References
Lamprell, K. & Whitehead, T. 1992. p.94, no. 324 General reference
Classification
Animalia
Mollusca
Conchifera
Loboconcha
Bivalvia
Heterodonta
Veneroida
Tellinoidea
Tellinidae *
Arcopagiinae Kuroda & Habe, 1981
Merisca Dall, 1900
Merisca piratica (Hedley, 1918)
Metadata
Taxon name record (intBiotaID=17295) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by Shannon Reid on 2002-02-28.