OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database
Data as of: 2006-05-17
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Bivalvia Veneroida Tellinidae
Macoma (Psammacoma) retrorsa (Sowerby, 1867)
Type of listing: Name in current use
Synonymy
Tellina retrorsa Sowerby, 1867
Common Name
The Back-leaning Tellina p.sp. 234 Sowerby, G.B. 1867.
Distribution
Queensland to the Arafura Sea {Lampr1992x60}
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: NE coast
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Gulf of Carp.
ABRS Regions: Australia: Queensland
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Australia (N): Arafura Sea
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Australia (N): Queensland
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Australia (N): Northern Territory
Keywords
depth: intertidal
substrate: mud [green mud]
substrate: sand
References
Lamprell, K. & Whitehead, T. 1992. p.102, no. 363 General reference
Classification
Animalia
Mollusca
Conchifera
Loboconcha
Bivalvia
Heterodonta
Veneroida
Tellinoidea
Tellinidae *
Macominae Olsson, 1961
Macoma Leach, 1819
Macoma (Psammacoma) Dall, 1900
Macoma (Psammacoma) retrorsa (Sowerby, 1867)
Metadata
Taxon name record (intBiotaID=17433) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by Shannon Reid on 2002-03-13.