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 Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: East Africa: South Africa
OBIS Regions: Temperate Indo-West Pacific: Southern Hemisphere: South 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.