OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database

Data as of: 2006-05-17

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Bivalvia Veneroida Tellinidae 

Leporimetis spectabilis (Hanley, 1844)

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Tellina spectabilis Hanley, 1844

Distribution

  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-China: East China Sea
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-China: South China Sea
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-China: Taiwan

Keywords

depth: continental shelf [ to 30 m ]
depth: intertidal 
depth: shallow subtidal 
depth: subtidal 
substrate: in sand 
substrate: mud 

References

 Bernard, F.R., Cai, Y.Y. & Morton, B. 1993. p.88 [ as Hemimetis spectabilis ]  Alternate taxonomic arrangement
 Lamprell, K. & Whitehead, T. 1992. p.104 General reference

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Loboconcha
          Bivalvia
            Heterodonta
              Veneroida
                Tellinoidea
                  Tellinidae *
                    Macominae Olsson, 1961
                      Leporimetis Iredale, 1930
                        Leporimetis spectabilis (Hanley, 1844)

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=17478) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by Shannon Reid on 2002-01-24.