OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database

Data as of: 2006-05-17

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Bivalvia Veneroida Tellinidae 

Tellinides opalina (Gmelin, 1791)

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Tellina apelina (sic) Gmelin, 1791
   Tellina opalina 'Gmelin' Spengler, 1798
   Tellinides rosea Crouch, 1827
   Tellina planissima Anton, 1839
   Tellina (Angulus) immaculata 'Philippi' Barnard, 1964

Distribution

  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificEast Africa
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificIndo-MalaysiaIndonesia
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificIndo-MalaysiaPhilippines
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificOceaniaWestern Pacific

References

 Boss, K.J. 1969. p.128-131, pl. 4, figs. 3-4; pl. 9, figs. 3-4 Contains synonymy

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Loboconcha
          Bivalvia
            Heterodonta
              Veneroida
                Tellinoidea
                  Tellinidae *
                    Tellininae
                      Tellinides Lamarck, 1818
                        Tellinides opalina (Gmelin, 1791)

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=64864) created by Shannon Reid on 2002-02-25. Record last updated by Gary Rosenberg on 2006-03-23.