OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database

Data as of: 2006-05-17

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Bivalvia Veneroida Tellinidae 

Arcopagia ponsonbyi (Sowerby, 1889)

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Tellina ponsonbyi Sowerby, 1889
   Tellina rietensis Turton, 1932
   Tellina kraussi Turton, 1932

Distribution

  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificEast AfricaSouth Africa
  OBIS RegionsTemperate Indo-West PacificSouthern HemisphereSouth Africa (Cape marine Province)

Keywords

depth: continental shelf [to 95 metres]

References

 Boss, K.J. 1969. p.104-106, pl. 6, figs. 1-3; pl. 14, fig. 1 Contains synonymy

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Loboconcha
          Bivalvia
            Heterodonta
              Veneroida
                Tellinoidea
                  Tellinidae *
                    Arcopagiinae Kuroda & Habe, 1981
                      Arcopagia Brown, 1827
                        Arcopagia ponsonbyi (Sowerby, 1889)

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=64847) created by Shannon Reid on 2002-02-24. Record last updated by Shannon Reid on 2002-02-24.