original description
(of Sunetta contempta E. A. Smith, 1891) Smith, E. A. (1891). On a collection of marine shells from Aden, with sorne remarks upon the relationship of the molluscan fauna of the Red Sea and the Mediterranean. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> (1891): 390-436, pl. 33., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31940560
page(s): 422-423.; note: published October, 1891 [details]
original description
(of Meroë menstrualis sensu Reeve, 1864) Reeve, L. A. (1864). Monograph of the genus <i>Meroë</i>. In: <i>Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals</i>, vol. 15, pl. 1-3 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London. [stated date: March 1864]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10972377 [details]
original description
(of Sunettina sunettina Jousseaume, 1891) Jousseaume, F. (1891). Diagnoses de mollusques nouveaux. <em>Le Naturaliste.</em> Sér. 2, 5, No 108: 207–209 [September, 1891]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5908236
page(s): 208. [details]
original description
(of Meroe menstrualis sensu Reeve, 1864) Reeve, L. A. (1864). Monograph of the genus <i>Meroë</i>. In: <i>Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals</i>, vol. 15, pl. 1-3 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London. [stated date: March 1864]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10972377 [details]
basis of record
Huber, M. (2010). <i>Compendium of bivalves. A full-color guide to 3,300 of the world's marine bivalves. A status on Bivalvia after 250 years of research</i>. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. (look up in IMIS) [details]
From editor or global species database
Distribution Widely distributed in the tropical Indo-West Pacific from the northeastern coast of Africa to southern China (Zhejiang, Fujian, Guangdong and Hainan provinces), including Tanzania, the Red Sea, Oman, India, Andaman Sea, north Western Australia, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam, and Taiwan. Records of this species from southeastern and southern Africa are misidentifications of Sunetta bruggeni.
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