A Guide to the Seashells and other Marine Molluscs of Tasmania, by Simon Grove 

Last build: Sat Sep 04 08:05:14 Tasmania Standard Time 2010

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Alphabetical list of species epithets, including synonyms           Alphabetical list of species by common name      Alphabetical list of species by common name (group-name first)     

Step up two levels to family (-subfamily) Veneridae - Sunettinae       Step up a level to genus Sunetta Link, 1807

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Sunetta vaginalis (Menke, 1843) - “broad-hinged venus-clam”  

Synonym(s): vaginalis Menke, 1843 excavata Hanley, 1842 (non Morton, 1834) aliciae A. Adams & Angas, 1863.

Taxonomic validity:  acceptable.



Image(s)
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Habitat and distribution
Presence in Tasmanian waters: confirmed.       Introduced?: no.       Extinct?: no.       Occurrence on Tasmanian beaches?: occasional.       Substrate: in sand.      Depth-range: in the shallow subtidal to offshore.      Tasmanian distribution: insufficiently documented - view locality listing (if available)      Australian range: TAS, VIC, SA and WA      Global range: southern Australia

Description and identification
Shell-bearing? yes.       Typical adult shell-length: 30 mm.

Compare with:

Eucrassatella kingicola

Eumarcia fumigata