OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database

Data as of: 2006-05-17

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Bivalvia Veneroida Tellinidae 

Macomona australis (Deshayes, 1855)

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Tellina australis Deshayes, 1855

Distribution

{Hervey Bay, southern Queensland to Darwin, Northern Territory {Ponde1975x02} northern New South Wales, Queensland, Northern Territory to north Western Australia {Lampr1992x60}}

  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricCentral E coast
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricNE coast
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricN coast
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricNW coast
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricGulf of Carp.
  ABRS RegionsAustraliaNew South Wales
  ABRS RegionsAustraliaNorthern Territory
  ABRS RegionsAustraliaQueensland
  ABRS RegionsAustraliaWestern Australia
  OBIS RegionsTemperate Indo-West PacificSouthern HemisphereAustralia (S)New South Wales
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificIndo-MalaysiaAustralia (N)

Keywords

depth: intertidal 
substrate: sand 

References

 Lamprell, K. & Whitehead, T. 1992. p.94, no. 329 General reference
 Ponder, W.F. 1975. p.114 Distribution

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Loboconcha
          Bivalvia
            Heterodonta
              Veneroida
                Tellinoidea
                  Tellinidae *
                    Tellininae
                      Macomona Finlay, 1927
                        Macomona australis (Deshayes, 1855)

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=17326) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by Shannon Reid on 2002-02-28.