OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database
Data as of: 2006-05-17
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Bivalvia Veneroida Semelidae
Leptomyaria etesiaca (Hedley, 1909)
Type of listing: Name in current use
Synonymy
Tellina etesiaca Hedley, 1909
Leptomyaria etesiaca (Hedley, 1909)
Distribution
Queensland and the Red Sea, probably widespread throughout the Indo-Pacific
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Great Barrier Reef
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: NE coast
ABRS Regions: Australia: Queensland
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Red Sea
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Australia (N): Queensland
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific
Keywords
depth: subtidal [at around 20 metres]
habitat: coral reef [reef lagoons]
substrate: sand [ muddy sand without seagrass
]
References
Oliver, P.G. & Zuschin, M. 2000. p.2729, figs. 6a-d Contains synonymy
Classification
Animalia
Mollusca
Conchifera
Loboconcha
Bivalvia
Heterodonta
Veneroida
Tellinoidea
Semelidae Stoliczka, 1870*
Leptomyaria Habe, 1960
Leptomyaria etesiaca (Hedley, 1909)
Metadata
Taxon name record (intBiotaID=64581) created by Shannon Reid on 2002-02-19. Record last updated by Shannon Reid on 2003-06-06.