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Tenguella musiva Kiener 1835

Description

Tenguella musiva (Kiener, 1835)

Figs 8 C–D

Purpura musiva Kiener, 1835: 38.

Marula musiva (sic): Okutani 2000: 390 –391, pl. 194, fig. 135.

Morula musiva: Thach 2005: 126, pl. 37, figs 6, 13; Poppe 2008b: 210, pl. 400, fig. 4.

Tenguella musiva: Zvonareva et al. 2015: 9.

Material examined. Dam Bay, natural mangroves, about 5 specimens.

Abundance. Uncommon.

Measurements. Up to 35 mm (Thach 2005).

Ecological notes. On intertidal rocky bottom (Okutani 2000). In studied sites it was found on rocks in lowest part of intertidal zone.

Relation to mangroves. Eurybiotic.

Distribution in Vietnam. Central coast (Thach 2005).

General distribution. Central IWP, to Australia, Fiji and southern Japan (Okutani 2000; OBIS, 2016).

Notes

Published as part of Zvonareva, Sofya & Kantor, Yuri, 2016, Cheсklist of gastropod molluscs in mangroves of Khanh Hoa province, Vietnam, pp. 401-437 in Zootaxa 4162 (3) on page 426, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4162.3.1, http://zenodo.org/record/254973

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Kiener
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Order
Neogastropoda
Family
Muricidae
Genus
Tenguella
Species
musiva
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Tenguella musiva Kiener, 1835 sec. Zvonareva & Kantor, 2016

References

  • Kiener, L. - C. (1835 - 1837) Genres Pourpre (Purpura, Lamarck). In: Kiener, L. - C. (Ed.), Species General et Iconographie des Coquilles Vivantes. Rousseau & Bailliere, Paris, pp. 1 - 151, pls 1 - 46.
  • Okutani, T. (2000) Marine Mollusks in Japan. Tokai University Press, Tokyo, 1173 pp.
  • Thach, N. N. (2005) Shells of Vietnam. Conchbooks, Hackenheim, 338 pp.
  • Poppe, G. T. (2008 b) Volume II: Philippine marine mollusks. ConchBooks, Hackenheim, 848 pp.
  • Zvonareva, S., Kantor Yu., Xinzheng, L. & Britayev, T. (2015) Long-term monitoring of Gastropoda (Mollusca) fauna in planted mangroves in central Vietnam. Zoological studies, 54, 1 - 39.