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Species Leiosolenus (Leiosolenus) nasutus (Philippi, 1846)

Brown Date Mussel, Chocolate Date Mussel


Compiler and date details

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

Generic Combinations

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia


Extra Distribution Information

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 Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Marine.

Extra Ecological Information

Depth: intertidal, subtidal to 20m, shallow subtidal; habit: boring, infaunal, mainly in Porites (Phuket, Thailand); habitat: coral reef; substrate: rocks (soft), shell, coral.

 

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)
05-Sep-2012 05-Sep-2012 MOVED
22-Sep-2010 22-Sep-2010 MOVED
22-Sep-2010 22-Sep-2010 MOVED
27-May-2013 13-Sep-2010 MODIFIED
11-Aug-2010 MODIFIED