OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database
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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 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
OBIS Regions: Temperate Indo-West Pacific: Southern Hemisphere: Australia (S): South Australia
OBIS Regions: Temperate Indo-West Pacific: Southern Hemisphere: Australia (S): Tasmania
OBIS Regions: Temperate Indo-West Pacific: Southern Hemisphere: Australia (S): Victoria
OBIS Regions: Temperate Indo-West Pacific: Southern Hemisphere: Australia (S): Western Australia
ABRS Regions: Australia: South Australia
ABRS Regions: Australia: Tasmania
ABRS Regions: Australia: Victoria
ABRS Regions: Australia: Western Australia
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: SW 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.