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Bivalvia Veneroida Tellinidae 

Aeretica splendida (Anton, 1839)

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Tellina splendida Anton, 1839
   Strigilla denestriata Preston, 1908

Distribution

India to Philippines

  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificCentral and East Indian OceanEastern Indian OceanIndia (E)
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificCentral and East Indian OceanEastern Indian OceanAndaman and Nicobar
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificCentral and East Indian OceanEastern Indian OceanIndonesia (W)
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificCentral and East Indian OceanEastern Indian Ocean
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificIndo-Malaysia
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificIndo-MalaysiaPhilippines

Keywords

habit: burrowing, infaunal 
substrate: sand 

References

 Dey, A. 1991. [synonymy, type information, description, remarks, distribution, ecology, general morphology]  General reference

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Loboconcha
          Bivalvia
            Heterodonta
              Veneroida
                Tellinoidea
                  Tellinidae *
                    Strigillinae Iredale & McMichael, 1962
                      Aeretica Dall, 1900
                        Aeretica splendida (Anton, 1839)

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=64838) created by Shannon Reid on 2002-02-24. Record last updated by Shannon Reid on 2002-02-24.