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Moerella rutila (Dunker, 1860) 
AphiaID: 598953

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Bivalvia (Class) > Heterodonta (Subclass) > Euheterodonta (Infraclass) > Veneroida (Order) > Tellinoidea (Superfamily) > Tellinidae (Family) > Moerella (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Moerella P. Fischer, 1887
Synonymised
taxa
  Tellina rutila Dunker, 1860
Sources  basis of record: Okutani T., ed. (2000) Marine mollusks in Japan. Tokai University Press. 1173 pp. [details]

additional source: Wang, Z.-r. 2004. Tellinoidea. In Qi Zhongyan, ed., Seashells of China. Beijing, China (China Ocean Press). viii + 418 p., 193 pls. p. 277-296, pls. 152-161. [details]

from synonym: Spry, J.F. (1964). The sea shells of Dar es Salaam: Part 2: Pelecypoda (Bivalves). Tanganyika Notes and Records 63, available online at http://e-library.costech.or.tz/collect/tanzania/index/assoc/HASHb932.dir/doc.pdf [details] [view taxon]

Environment marine
Distribution Tanzania (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:598953
Taxonomic
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2012-05-30 00:21:08Z  created  Rosenberg, Gary
  
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  Citation: Rosenberg, G. (2013). Moerella rutila (Dunker, 1860). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=598953 on 2013-05-19
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