OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database

Data as of: 2006-05-17

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Bivalvia Veneroida Tellinidae 

Homalina trilatera (Gmelin, 1791)

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Tellina trilatera Gmelin, 1791
   Tellina strigilata Spengler, 1798
   Tellina triangularis Röding, 1798
   Tellinides politus Sowerby, 1825

Distribution

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

Keywords

substrate: mud 
substrate: sand 

References

 Boss, K.J. 1969. p.134-136, pl. 10, fig. 4 [pl. 13, figs. 1-2, pl. 14, fig. 2]  Contains synonymy

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Loboconcha
          Bivalvia
            Heterodonta
              Veneroida
                Tellinoidea
                  Tellinidae *
                    Tellininae
                      Homalina Stoliczka, 1870
                        Homalina trilatera (Gmelin, 1791)

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=64872) created by Shannon Reid on 2002-02-25. Record last updated by Shannon Reid on 2002-02-27.