OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database
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Bivalvia Veneroida Tellinidae
Macoma (Scissulina) dispar (Conrad, 1837)
Type of listing: Name in current use
Synonymy
Tellina dispar Conrad, 1837
Common Name
Dissimilar Tellen p.339 Allan, J. 1950.
Distribution
{Queensland coastal and Great Barrier Reef {Lampr1992x60} Southeast Africa to the Hawaiian Islands {Boss 1969}}
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: NE coast
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Great Barrier Reef
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Gulf of Carp.
ABRS Regions: Australia: Queensland
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Oceania
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Central and East Indian Ocean: Indo-Arabia: Maldives
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Central and East Indian Ocean: Eastern Indian Ocean
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: East Africa: Madagascar
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: East Africa: Mascarene Islands
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: East Africa: Mozambique
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: East Africa: Seychelles
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: East Africa: South Africa
Keywords
depth: intertidal
depth: shallow subtidal
depth: subtidal [to 10 fathoms]
habitat: coral reef
substrate: sand
References
Boss, K.J. 1969. p.150-153, pl. 19, fig. 3; pl. 20, fig. 3 Contains synonymy
Kay, E.A. 1979. p.559, fig. 182I-J General reference
Lamprell, K. & Whitehead, T. 1992. p.101, no. 360 General reference
Classification
Animalia
Mollusca
Conchifera
Loboconcha
Bivalvia
Heterodonta
Veneroida
Tellinoidea
Tellinidae *
Macominae Olsson, 1961
Macoma Leach, 1819
Macoma (Scissulina) Dall, 1924
Macoma (Scissulina) dispar (Conrad, 1837)
Metadata
Taxon name record (intBiotaID=17425) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by Shannon Reid on 2002-02-27.