Annotated checklist of the marine Bivalvia of Rodrigues Author Oliver, P. Graham Author Holmes, Anna Author Killeen, Ian Author Light, Janice Author Wood, Harriet text Journal of Natural History 2004 2004-12-01 38 23 3229 3272 http://www.informaworld.com/openurl?genre=article&doi=10.1080/00222930410001695097&magic=crossref||D404A21C5BB053405B1A640AFFD44AE3 journal article 10.1080/00222930410001695097 1464-5262 5251926 Leptomya subrostrata (Issel, 1869) 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.