Annotated checklist of the marine Bivalvia of Rodrigues
Author
Oliver, P. Graham
Author
Holmes, Anna
Author
Killeen, Ian
Author
Light, Janice
Author
Wood, Harriet
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Journal of Natural History
2004
2004-12-01
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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.