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

Moerella pygmaea (Lovén, 1846)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Moerella*	P. Fischer, 1887	accepted genus name
*Asbjornsenia*	Friele, 1886	synonym
*Tellina (Moerella)*	P. Fischer, 1887	synonym

Species group names

*Tellina pusilla*	Philippi, 1836	later homonym; nom. inval.
*Angulus pygmaeus*	(Lovén, 1846)	synonym
*Asbjornsenia striata*	Friele, 1886	synonym
*Tellina (Moerella) pygmaea*	Lovén, 1846	synonym; alternate representation
*Tellina pusilla*	Philippi, 1836	synonym; nom. inval.
*Tellina pygmaea*	Lovén, 1846	synonym; alternate representation

Literature

basis of record	Howson, C.M.; Picton, B.E. (Ed.) (1997). The species directory of the marine fauna and flora of the British Isles and surrounding seas. Ulster Museum Publication, 276. The Ulster Museum: Belfast, UK. ISBN 0-948150-06-8. vi, 508 (+ cd-rom) pp.
additional source	Dyntaxa (2013) Swedish Taxonomic Database. Accessed at www.dyntaxa.se [15-01-2013].

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Taxonomy

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External Links

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Citation

Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2014). Moerella pygmaea (Lovén, 1846). 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:147022