Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Mollusca > Class Bivalvia > Subclass Heterodonta > Infraclass Euheterodonta > Order Veneroida > Superfamily Tellinoidea > Family Tellinidae > Subfamily Tellininae

Tellina Linnaeus, 1758

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Angulus*	Megerle von Mühlfeld, 1811	synonym; alternate representation
*Eurytellina*	P. Fischer, 1887	synonym; alternate representation
*Fabulina*	Gray, 1851	synonym; alternate representation
*Nitidotellina*	Scarlato, 1961	synonym; alternate representation
*Omala*	Schumacher, 1817	synonym; alternate representation
*Peronaea*	Poli, 1791	synonym; alternate representation
*Quadrans*	Bertin, 1878	synonym; alternate representation
*Serratina*	Pallary, 1920	synonym; alternate representation
*Tellina (Angulus)*	Megerle von Mühlfeld, 1811	synonym; alternate representation
*Tellina (Eurytellina)*	P. Fischer, 1887	synonym; alternate representation
*Tellina (Fabulina)*	Gray, 1851	synonym; alternate representation
*Tellina (Nitidotellina)*	Scarlato, 1961	synonym; alternate representation
*Tellina (Omala)*	Schumacher, 1817	synonym; alternate representation
*Tellina (Peronaea)*	Poli, 1791	synonym; alternate representation
*Tellina (Quadrans)*	Bertin, 1878	synonym; alternate representation
*Tellina (Serratina)*	Pallary, 1920	synonym; alternate representation

Children

Tellina albicans Gmelin, 1791
Tellina carnicolor Hanley, 1846
Tellina compressa Brocchi, 1814
Tellina fabula Gmelin, 1791
Tellina hyalina Gmelin, 1791
Tellina incarnata Linnaeus, 1758
Tellina planata Linnaeus, 1758
Tellina pulchella Lamarck, 1818
Tellina punicea Born, 1778
Tellina rubicincta Römer, 1870
Tellina serrata Brocchi, 1814
Tellina sulcata Wood, 1815
Tellina tenuis da Costa, 1778
Tellina valtonis Hanley, 1844

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Bokmål (Norwegian): tallerkenskjell

Literature

original description	Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae. ii, 824 pp.
basis of record	Keen A.M. 1969. Superfamily Tellinacea. Pp. N613-N643, In R.C. Moore (ed.), Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part N: Mollusca 6, Bivalvia. Geological Society of America and University of Kansas Press, Lawrence.
basis of record	Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180-213
subsequent type designation	Schmidt F.C. 1818, Versuch über die beste Einrichtung zur Aufstellung: Behandlung und Aufbewahrung der verschiedenen Naturkörper und gegenṣtände der Kunst, vorzüglich der Conchylien-Sammlungen, nebst kurzer Beurtheilung der conchyliologischen Systeme und Schriften und einer tabellarischen Zusammenstellung und Vergleichung der sechs besten und neuesten conchyliologischen Systeme. Gotha, J. Perth, 252 pp.

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External Links

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Citation

Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2014). Tellina Linnaeus, 1758. 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:138533