OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database

Data as of: 2006-05-17

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Bivalvia Veneroida Tellinidae 

Merisca margaritina (Lamarck, 1818)

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Tellina margaritina Lamarck, 1818
   Tellina mariae Tenison-Woods, 1876
   Tellina modesta Tate, 1889
   Tellina australiensis Thiele, 1930

Distribution

  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricGreat Australian Bight
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricS Gulfs coast
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricBass Strait
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricTas. coast
  OBIS RegionsTemperate Indo-West PacificSouthern HemisphereAustralia (S)South Australia
  OBIS RegionsTemperate Indo-West PacificSouthern HemisphereAustralia (S)Tasmania
  OBIS RegionsTemperate Indo-West PacificSouthern HemisphereAustralia (S)Victoria
  OBIS RegionsTemperate Indo-West PacificSouthern HemisphereAustralia (S)Western Australia
  ABRS RegionsAustraliaSouth Australia
  ABRS RegionsAustraliaTasmania
  ABRS RegionsAustraliaVictoria
  ABRS RegionsAustraliaWestern Australia
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricSW coast

Keywords

depth: continental shelf [{to 23 metres {Lampr1992x60}}]
depth: intertidal 
depth: shallow subtidal 
depth: subtidal 
substrate: sand 

References

 Cotton, B.C. 1961. p.273, fig. 299 [{as Macomona mariae Tenison-Woods, 1876}]  General reference
 Lamprell, K. & Whitehead, T. 1992. p.96, no. 331 General reference
 Ponder, W.F. 1975. p.114-115, text fig. 2 [{as Tellina (Macomona) mariae T. woods, 1876}]  General reference

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Loboconcha
          Bivalvia
            Heterodonta
              Veneroida
                Tellinoidea
                  Tellinidae *
                    Arcopagiinae Kuroda & Habe, 1981
                      Merisca Dall, 1900
                        Merisca margaritina (Lamarck, 1818)

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=17314) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by Shannon Reid on 2002-02-26.