Leptomya subrostrata (Issel, 1869)

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 : 3259

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.1080/00222930410001695097
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5253822
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03EC8797-6F68-FFDE-FE3C-FBBFFCA14E36
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Leptomya subrostrata (Issel, 1869)
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Leptomya subrostrata (Issel, 1869) View in CoL

Habitat (inferred). Burrowing in silty sand, sublittoral.

Distribution. Valves are not uncommon throughout the lagoon.

Remarks. This species is not in literature records from the Mascarenes but may be the same as that identified as L. psittacus (Hanley, 1879) from South Africa ( Barnard, 1964) and Mauritius ( Viader, 1937).

Range. Western Indian Ocean , Arabian Sea, Red Sea [M/S].

Figured specimen. 23.9 mm, NMW.Z.1999.073.00035.