Leiosolenus obesus (Philippi, 1847)

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 : 3239

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.1080/00222930410001695097

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5253768

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03EC8797-6F7C-FFCA-FE3E-FE11FCA14990

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Felipe

scientific name

Leiosolenus obesus (Philippi, 1847)
status

 

Leiosolenus obesus (Philippi, 1847) View in CoL

Habitat. Boring into dead coral blocks in the sublittoral.

Distribution. Found only once off Ile Hermitage.

Remarks. This large species has a thin, smooth calcareous encrustation which thickens on the posterior margins.

Range. Indo-Pacific [S].

Figured specimen. 77.5 mm, NMW.Z.2000.086.00035.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Mollusca

Class

Bivalvia

Order

Mytilida

Family

Mytilidae

Genus

Leiosolenus

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