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Bivalvia Veneroida Tellinidae
Macomona deltoidalis (Lamarck, 1818)
Type of listing: Name in current use
Synonymy
Macomona tristis auct.
Macomona semifossilis auct.
Tellina deltoidalis Lamarck, 1818
Tellina diemenensis Deshayes, 1855
Tellina tristis Deshayes, 1855
Tellina semifossilis Sowerby, 1867
Common Name
Triangular Tellin p.377 Macpherson, J.H. & Gabriel, C.J. 1962.
Deltoid Tellen p.339, f.9 Allan, J. 1950.
Distribution
south Western Australia, South Australia, Victoria, Tasmania, New South Wales to south Queensland {Lampr1992x60} Hervey Bay, southern Queensland to Swan River Estuary, Western Australia (including Tasmania) {Ponde1975x02}
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Lower W coast
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Great Australian Bight
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: S Gulfs coast
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Bass Strait
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Tas. coast
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Lower E coast
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Central E coast
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: SW coast
ABRS Regions: Australia: New South Wales
ABRS Regions: Australia: South Australia
ABRS Regions: Australia: Tasmania
ABRS Regions: Australia: Victoria
ABRS Regions: Australia: Queensland
ABRS Regions: Australia: Western Australia
OBIS Regions: Temperate Indo-West Pacific: Southern Hemisphere: Australia (S)
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Australia (N): Queensland
Keywords
depth: intertidal [lower littoral zone]
salinity: estuarine
substrate: mud
substrate: sand
References
Cotton, B.C. 1961. p.272-273, fig. 298 General reference
Iredale, T. & McMichael, D.F. 1962. p.24 General reference
Lamprell, K. & Whitehead, T. 1992. p.94, no. 330 General reference
Ponder, W.F. 1975. p.112, 114, pl. 9, figs. 1-11 General reference
Classification
Animalia
Mollusca
Conchifera
Loboconcha
Bivalvia
Heterodonta
Veneroida
Tellinoidea
Tellinidae *
Tellininae
Macomona Finlay, 1927
Macomona deltoidalis (Lamarck, 1818)
Metadata
Taxon name record (intBiotaID=17309) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by dsherman on 2004-04-12.