OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database
Data as of: 2006-05-17
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Bivalvia Mytiloida Mytilidae
Arcuatula elegans (Gray, 1828)
Type of listing: Name in current use
Synonymy
Modiola elegans Gray, 1828
Distribution
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-China: China: Hong Kong (Xianggang)
Valentich-Scott, P. 2003. p.265
Keywords
depth: subtidal
substrate: mud [ cocoons itself within a gelatinous byssal nest
]
References
Lee, S.Y. and Morton, B. 1983. p.57 [ distribution; ecology
] Secondary source
Morton, B. 1980. p.331 [ distribution; ecology
] Secondary source
Classification
Animalia
Mollusca
Conchifera
Loboconcha
Bivalvia
Pteriomorphia
Mytiloida
Mytilidae Rafinesque, 1815
Arcuatula Lamy, 1919
Arcuatula elegans (Gray, 1828)
Metadata
Taxon name record (intBiotaID=60793) created by Peter Ulrik Middelfart on 2001-12-17. Record last updated by Shannon Reid on 2003-09-15.