2m deep, on sand, Alexandria, N. Egypt. 39-49mm.
First mediterranean record: Palestine, 1948 (CIESM).
| Paratapes textilis (Gmelin, 1791) |
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| Red Sea to S. Africa, to W. Pacific, to E. Mediterranean. 2m deep, on sand, Alexandria, N. Egypt. 39-49mm. |
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| Same spot. Synonyms: reticulina, sumatranus, textris… First mediterranean record: Palestine, 1948 (CIESM). |
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| Venus textrix in L. Pfeiffer: “Die Familie der Venusmuscheln”, Systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet Bd.11:Abt.1, Nürnberg 1869, via BHL. |
| — back to Veneridae — |