Pinguitellina, Iredale, 1927

Lam, Katherine, Morton, Brian & Leung, K. F., 2008, Shell-bearing Mollusca (Bivalvia and Gastropoda) from submarine caves in Hong Kong, Journal of Natural History 42 (9 - 12), pp. 927-952 : 946

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.1080/00222930701862674

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03A2A77F-6B44-FF87-35ED-84E1FBEF8C09

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scientific name

Pinguitellina
status

 

Pinguitellina View in CoL cf. nux ( Hanley, 1844:63) View in CoL

Description

Shell small, trigonally oval, inflated. Shell exterior and interior white and glossy.

Type locality

St. Nicolas , Zebu, sandy mud, four fathoms (Cebu, Philippines) .

Distribution

Tropical Indo-Pacific, the Philippines, Japan. Intertidal to 20 m, fine sand ( Higo et al. 1999), Conic Island Cave, Hong Kong (this study). New record for Hong Kong.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Mollusca

Class

Bivalvia

Order

Cardiida

Family

Tellinidae

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Mollusca

Class

Bivalvia

Order

Cardiida

Family

Tellinidae

Genus

Pinguitellina

Loc

Pinguitellina

Lam, Katherine, Morton, Brian & Leung, K. F. 2008
2008
Loc

Pinguitellina

Hanley S 1844: 63
1844
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