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Data as of: 2006-05-17

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Bivalvia Nuculoida Nuculidae 

Nucula bengalensis Smith, 1895

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Nucula bengalensis E.A. Smith, 1895
   Nucula mirifica Dall, 1907

Distribution

Indian Ocean, Philippines, East China Sea, Taiwan to Honshu, Japan

  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificIndo-ChinaEast China Sea
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificIndo-ChinaJapan
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificIndo-ChinaTaiwan
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificCentral and East Indian Ocean
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificIndo-MalaysiaPhilippines

Keywords

depth: continental slope [ from 250 m ]
depth: continental slope [ to 1400 m ]
substrate: mud 
substrate: sand 

References

 Bernard, F.R., Cai, Y.Y. & Morton, B. 1993. p.17 Secondary source

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Loboconcha
          Bivalvia
            Protobranchia
              Nuculoida
                Nuculoidea
                  Nuculidae J.E. Gray, 1824
                    Nuculinae J.E. Gray, 1824
                      Nucula Lamarck, 1799
                        Nucula bengalensis Smith, 1895

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=61964) created by Shannon Reid on 2002-01-11. Record last updated by Shannon Reid on 2002-01-13.