OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database

Data as of: 2006-05-17

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Bivalvia Veneroida Tellinidae 

Moerella vidalensis (Sowerby, 1904)

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Tellina vidalensis Sowerby, 1904

Distribution

  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificEast AfricaSouth Africa

Keywords

depth: continental shelf [to 40 fathoms]
depth: intertidal 
depth: shallow subtidal 
depth: subtidal 
substrate: mud 
substrate: sand 

References

 Boss, K.J. 1969. p.141-143, pl. 16, figs. 2-5; pl. 17, figs. 1-2 Contains synonymy

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Loboconcha
          Bivalvia
            Heterodonta
              Veneroida
                Tellinoidea
                  Tellinidae *
                    Arcopagiinae Kuroda & Habe, 1981
                      Moerella Fischer, 1887
                        Moerella vidalensis (Sowerby, 1904)

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=64878) created by Shannon Reid on 2002-02-25. Record last updated by Shannon Reid on 2002-02-25.