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Sunetta bruggeni Fischer-Piette, 1974 
AphiaID: 507904

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Bivalvia (Class) > Heterodonta (Subclass) > Euheterodonta (Infraclass) > Veneroida (Order) > Veneroidea (Superfamily) > Veneridae (Family) > Sunetta (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Sunetta Link, 1807
Synonymised
taxa		  Meroë ovalis G. B. Sowerby III, 1892
 Sunetta contempta bruggeni Fischer-Piette, 1974
Sources  basis of record: Huber M. (2010) Compendium of bivalves. A full-color guide to 3,300 of the world’s marine bivalves. A status on Bivalvia after 250 years of research. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM.  [details]

from synonym: Branch, G.M. et al. (2002). Two Oceans. 5th impression. David Philip, Cate Town & Johannesburg., available online at http://books.google.es/books?id=W_2QB8ftLgcC [details] [view taxon]

from synonym: Kilburn, R.N. & Rippey, E. (1982) Sea Shells of Southern Africa. Macmillan South Africa, Johannesburg, xi + 249 pp.
page(s): 192 [details] [view taxon]

from synonym: Steyn, D.G. & Lussi, M. (1998) Marine Shells of South Africa. An Illustrated Collector’s Guide to Beached Shells. Ekogilde Publishers, Hartebeespoort, South Africa, ii + 264 pp.
page(s): 242 [details] [view taxon]

Vernacular
Names		 
Language   Name 
English mottled venus (from synonym)  [details]
Distribution East Coast of South Africa (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
South Coast of South Africa (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Link To Encyclopedia of Life
Image 
Sunetta bruggeni
Sunetta bruggeni
added on 2013-01-07 - author: Natural History Museum Rotterdam ()
qualitystatus: not checked
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:507904
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2010-08-18 08:38:17Z  created  Tran, Bastien
2010-09-15 11:43:10Z  checked  Huber, Markus
  
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  Citation: Huber, M. (2013). Sunetta bruggeni Fischer-Piette, 1974. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=507904 on 2013-05-20
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