Tellina (Pinguitellina) pinguis Hanley, 1844

Oliver, P. Graham, Holmes, Anna, Killeen, Ian, Light, Janice & Wood, Harriet, 2004, Annotated checklist of the marine Bivalvia of Rodrigues, Journal of Natural History 38 (23), pp. 3229-3272 : 3257

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scientific name	Tellina (Pinguitellina) pinguis Hanley, 1844
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Tellina (Pinguitellina) pinguis Hanley, 1844 View in CoL

Habitat. Burrowing in muddy and silty sand from low in the littoral and sublittoral.

Distribution. Living examples have been collected at the outer areas of Anse aux Huîtres, Baie du Nord and at Petite Butte. Shells and valves are frequent throughout the lagoon.

Remarks. The living material and those valves from the associated sites are generally small (5 mm), fragile and retain weak concentric lines. Some valves from the outer lagoon are larger (10 mm), shining and smooth, and comply with

T. (P.) robusta Hanley, 1844 View in CoL . We regard both forms as part of the growth series of a single species, as did Oliver (1992), but the two are retained by Lamprell and Whitehead (1992). All previous records of this species from the Mascarenes are under T. robusta View in CoL .