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Species Jolya elongata (Swainson, 1821)

Elongate Horse Mussel


Compiler and date details

December 2010 - Peter U. Middelfart, Winston F. Ponder & Des Beechey, Australian Museum, Sydney, NSW, Australia

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia


Extra Distribution Information

Central Indo-west Pacific


IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Marine.

Extra Ecological Information

Depth: continental shelf, in soft substrates, cocooned in a byssal nest (South China Sea, Lee & Morton 1983).

 

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
Published As part of group Action Date Action Type Compiler(s)
22-Aug-2023 BIVALVIA 22-Aug-2023 MOVED Mr Des Beechey Ingo Burghardt Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM)
23-Oct-2014 BIVALVIA 22-Jun-2016 MODIFIED ABRS
06-Sep-2012 06-Sep-2012 MOVED
22-Sep-2010 22-Sep-2010 MOVED
27-May-2013 14-Sep-2010 MODIFIED
11-Aug-2010 MODIFIED