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Bivalvia Arcoida Arcidae 

Barbatia (Calloarca) tenella (Reeve, 1844)

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Arca tenella Reeve, 1844
   Barbatia tenella (Reeve, 1844)
   Opularca tenella egenora Iredale, 1939

Common Name

Delicate Ark [species 91; used for the available name Arca tenella]      Reeve, L.A. 1844.  

Distribution

  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: NE coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Gulf of Carp.
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Central E coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Great Barrier Reef
  ABRS Regions: Australia: Queensland
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: East Africa: Djibouti
     Oliver, P.G. 1992. p.37 
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Red Sea: Saudi Arabia
     Oliver, P.G. 1992. p.37 
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Red Sea
     Dekker, H. & Orlin, Z. 2000. p. 8 
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: East Africa: South Africa
     Kilburn, R. N. .  

Keywords

habit: byssally attached 
habitat: coral reef [ attached by byssus to coral rock in reef areas ]
substrate: rocks       Oliver, P.G. 1992. p.37 

References

 Iredale, T. 1939. p.269 General reference
 Kilburn, R.N. 1983. p.524, fig. 16 Contains synonymy
 Lamprell, K. & Healy, J. 1998. p.50 [ecology, distribution]  General reference
 Lamprell, K. & Healy, J. 1998. p.50 Synonomy
 Oliver, P.G. 1992. p.36 [ pl.2; placed in subgenus Barbarca ]  General reference
 Oliver, P.G. 1992. p.36 Biology and ecology
 Oliver, P.G. 1992. p.36 Anatomy
 Reeve, L.A. 1844. [species 91]  General reference

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Loboconcha
          Bivalvia
            Pteriomorphia
              Arcoida
                Arcoidea
                  Arcidae Lamarck, 1809
                    Barbatia Gray, 1842
                      Barbatia (Calloarca) Gray, 1857
                        Barbatia (Calloarca) tenella (Reeve, 1844)

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=18999) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by Peter Ulrik Middelfart on 2004-08-24.