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

Moerella P. Fischer, 1887

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

Asbjornsenia Friele, 1886 synonym; alternate representation
Tellina (Moerella) P. Fischer, 1887 synonym; alternate representation

Children

Moerella distorta (Poli, 1791)
Moerella donacina (Linnaeus, 1758)
Moerella jeffreysi (Johnson, 1932)
Moerella pygmaea (Lovén, 1846)

Literature

additional source

Coan E.V. & Valentich-Scott P. (2012) Bivalve seashells of tropical West America. Marine bivalve mollusks from Baja California to northern Peru. 2 vols, 1258 pp. Santa Barbara: Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History.

status source

Raines B. & Huber M. (2012) Biodiversity quadrupled - Revision of Easter Island and Sala y Gomez bivalves. Zootaxa 3217: 1-106. [29 Feb. 2012]

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Citation

Gofas, S.; Sartori, A.; Bouchet, P.; Rosenberg, G. (2014). Moerella P. Fischer, 1887. 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:147020

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


marine

Importance

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Last modified

2014-01-21 by Serge Gofas

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