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Tellina ponsonbyi G. B. Sowerby III, 1889 
AphiaID: 605425

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Bivalvia (Class) > Heterodonta (Subclass) > Euheterodonta (Infraclass) > Veneroida (Order) > Tellinoidea (Superfamily) > Tellinidae (Family) > Tellina (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Tellina Linnaeus, 1758
Synonymised
taxa
  Arcopagia ponsonbyi (G. B. Sowerby III, 1889)
Tellina kraussi Turton, 1932
Tellina rietensis Turton, 1932
Sources  basis of record: Kilburn, R.N. & Rippey, E. (1982) Sea Shells of Southern Africa. Macmillan South Africa, Johannesburg, xi + 249 pp.
page(s): 187 [details]


additional source: 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): 230 [details]


from synonym: Boss, K. J. 1969. The subfamily Tellininae in South African waters. Bull. Mus. Comp. zool. Harvard 138: 81-162.
page(s): 104 [details] [view taxon]


Environment marine
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:605425
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2012-07-07 17:10:24Z  created  Rosenberg, Gary
2013-01-11 08:45:40Z  changed  Sartori, André
  
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  Citation: Sartori, A.; Rosenberg, G. (2013). Tellina ponsonbyi G. B. Sowerby III, 1889. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=605425 on 2013-05-22
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