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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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

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Occurrence

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Environment


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Importance

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Last modified

2013-03-31 by Philippe Bouchet

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