OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database
Data as of: 2006-05-17
ANSP OBIS Home | Another Search
Bivalvia Veneroida Veneridae
Sunetta meroë (Linnaeus, 1758)
Type of listing: Name in current use
Synonymy
Cytherea meroë auct.
Meroë meroe auct.
Venus meroë Linnaeus, 1758
Cuneus costatus Megerle von Mühlfeld, 1811
Meroë picta Schumacher, 1817
Distribution
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Central and East Indian Ocean: Eastern Indian Ocean: India (E)
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Central and East Indian Ocean: Eastern Indian Ocean: India (E): Andhra Pradesh
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Central and East Indian Ocean: Eastern Indian Ocean: India (E): Tamil Nadu
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Central and East Indian Ocean: Eastern Indian Ocean: Thailand (W): Phuket
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-China: Vietnam
Hylleberg, J & Kilburn, R. N. 2003. p.220
Keywords
depth: continental shelf [ 20-26m (Phuket)
]
eCode: sand bottom [ dredged from shell sand bottom (Phuket)
]
habitat: shell [ Phuket
]
References
Fischer-Piette, E. 1976. p.238 [ distribution; synonymy
] Secondary source
Hylleberg, J & Kilburn, R. N. 2003. p.220 General reference
Tantanasiriwong, R. 1979. p.12,13 [ distribution; ecology
] Secondary source
Classification
Animalia
Mollusca
Conchifera
Loboconcha
Bivalvia
Heterodonta
Veneroida
Veneroidea
Veneridae Rafinesque, 1815
Sunettinae Stolickza, 1870
Sunetta Link, 1807
Sunetta meroë (Linnaeus, 1758)
Metadata
Taxon name record (intBiotaID=65452) created by Peter Ulrik Middelfart on 2002-03-04. Record last updated by Peter Ulrik Middelfart on 2004-09-30.