Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Mollusca > Class Bivalvia > Subclass Heterodonta > Infraclass Euheterodonta > Order Veneroida > Superfamily Galeommatoidea > Family Montacutidae > Genus Tellimya

Tellimya ferruginosa (Montagu, 1808)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Tellimya*	T. Brown, 1827	accepted genus name
*Decipula*	Jeffreys, 1876	synonym

Species group names

*Mya ferruginosa*	Montagu, 1808	basionym
*Erycina anodon*	Philippi, 1836	synonym
*Erycina franciscana*	Récluz, 1845	synonym
*Montacuta ferruginosa*	(Montagu, 1808)	synonym
*Montacuta oblonga*	Turton, 1822	synonym
*Montaguia ferruginea*	Locard, 1886	synonym
*Mya ferruginea*	Gray J.E., 1847	synonym
*Mya ferruginosa*	Montagu, 1808	synonym
*Tellimya elliptica*	Brown, 1827	synonym
*Tellimya glabrum*	Brown, 1827	synonym
*Tellimya nivea*	Sars G.O., 1878	synonym
*Thracia elongata*	Philippi, 1844	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Dutch: ovaal zeeklitschelpje

Literature

original description	Montagu, G. 1808. Description of several marine animals found on the south coast of Devonshire.-- Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 9: 81-114 (8 plates).
basis of record	Backeljau, T. (1986). Lijst van de recente mariene mollusken van België [List of the recent marine molluscs of Belgium]. Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen: Brussels, Belgium. 106 pp.
additional source	van Aartsen J.J. (1997). Galeommatacea e Cyamiacea. Parte II. La Conchiglia 281: 27-53, 61
additional source	Dyntaxa (2013) Swedish Taxonomic Database. Accessed at www.dyntaxa.se [15-01-2013].

Taxon found in 58 publications.

Genbank

Link to Genbank

Taxonomy

CLEMAM
WoRMS

External Links

Barcode of Life
Marine Life Information Network - UK
Biodiversity Heritage Library (31 publications)
GBIF

Citation

Gofas, S. (2014). Tellimya ferruginosa (Montagu, 1808). In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:146952