Tellina Linnaeus, 1758 
AphiaID: 138533

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Bivalvia (Class) > Heterodonta (Subclass) > Euheterodonta (Infraclass) > Veneroida (Order) > Tellinoidea (Superfamily) > Tellinidae (Family) > Tellininae (Subfamily) > Tellina (Genus)

Status		accepted
Rank		Genus
Parent		Tellininae Blainville, 1814
Synonymised names		Angulus Megerle von Mühlfeld, 1811 · accepted, alternate representation Clathrotellina Thiele, 1934 · accepted, alternate representation Cyclotellina Cossmann, 1886 · accepted, alternate representation Exotica Jousseaume in Lamy, 1918 · accepted, alternate representation Homalina Stoliczka, 1870 · accepted, alternate representation Jactellina Iredale, 1929 · accepted, alternate representation Nitidotellina Scarlato, 1961 · accepted, alternate representation Obtellina Iredale, 1929 · accepted, alternate representation Pharaonella Lamy, 1918 · accepted, alternate representation Phylloda Schumacher, 1817 · accepted, alternate representation Pinguitellina Iredale, 1927 · accepted, alternate representation Pistris Thiele, 1934 · accepted, alternate representation Quadrans Bertin, 1878 · accepted, alternate representation Quidnipagus Iredale, 1929 · accepted, alternate representation Quodrans (misspelling) Scutarcopagia Pilsbry, 1918 · accepted, alternate representation Tellina (Angulus) Megerle von Mühlfeld, 1811 · accepted, alternate representation Tellina (Clathrotellina) Thiele, 1934 · accepted, alternate representation Tellina (Cyclotellina) Cossmann, 1886 · accepted, alternate representation Tellina (Elliptotellina) Cossmann, 1886 · accepted, alternate representation Tellina (Exotica) Lamy, 1918 · accepted, alternate representation Tellina (Homalina) Stoliczka, 1870 · accepted, alternate representation Tellina (Jactellina) Iredale, 1929 · accepted, alternate representation Tellina (Nitidotellina) Scarlato, 1961 · accepted, alternate representation Tellina (Obtellina) Iredale, 1929 · accepted, alternate representation Tellina (Pharaonella) Lamy, 1918 · accepted, alternate representation Tellina (Phylloda) Schumacher, 1817 · accepted, alternate representation Tellina (Pinguitellina) Iredale, 1927 Tellina (Pistris) Thiele, 1934 · accepted, alternate representation Tellina (Quadrans) Bertin, 1878 · accepted, alternate representation Tellina (Quidnipagus) Iredale, 1929 · accepted, alternate representation Tellina (Scutarcopagia) Pilsbry, 1918 · accepted, alternate representation Tellina (Tellinella) Mörch, 1853 · accepted, alternate representation Tellina (Tellinides) Lamarck, 1818 · accepted, alternate representation Tellinella Mörch, 1853 · accepted, alternate representation Tellinides Lamarck, 1818 · accepted, alternate representation
Sources		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., available online at http://gdz.sub.uni-goettingen.de/no_cache/dms/load/toc/?IDDOC=265100 [details] 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 (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source (of Angulus Megerle von Mühlfeld, 1811) TMAP - Trilateral Monitoring and Assessment Program database, available online at http://www.waddensea-secretariat.org/TMAP/Monitoring.html [details] basis of record (of Pinguitellina Iredale, 1927) Nomenclator Zoologicus, available online at http://uio.mbl.edu/NomenclatorZoologicus/ [details] basis of record (of Tellina (Pistris) Thiele, 1934) Vaught, K.C. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). ISBN 0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] basis of record (of Tellina (Elliptotellina) Cossmann, 1886) Abbott R. T. (1974) American seashells. The marine mollusca of the Atlantic and Pacific coast of North America. ed. 2. Van Nostrand, New York. 663 pp., 24 pls. [October 1974] (look up in IMIS) page(s): 497 [details] [show all]
Direct child taxa (147) [show all] [sort alpha..]		Species Tellina albicans Gmelin, 1791 Species Tellina analogica Sowerby III, 1904 Species Tellina apelina Gmelin, 1791 Species Tellina arsinoensis Issel, 1869 Species Tellina asperrima Hanley, 1844 Species Tellina aurea Perry, 1811 Species Tellina berghi Lynge, 1909 Species Tellina bertini (Jousseaume, 1895) Species Tellina boucheti Cosel, 1995 Species Tellina canonica Salisbury, 1934 Species Tellina capsoides Lamarck, 1818 Species Tellina carnicolor Hanley, 1846 Species Tellina clathrata Deshayes, 1835 Species Tellina corbuloides Hanley, 1844 Species Tellina crucigera (Lamarck, 1818) Species Tellina diaphana Deshayes, 1855 Species Tellina donaciformis Deshayes, 1855 Species Tellina emarginata (Sowerby I, 1825) Species Tellina fimbriata Hanley, 1844 Species Tellina flacca Römer, 1871 Species Tellina foliacea Linnaeus, 1758 Species Tellina gargadia Linnaeus, 1758 Species Tellina gilchristi G.B. Sowerby III, 1904 Species Tellina hilaris Hanley, 1844 Species Tellina incarnata Linnaeus, 1758 Species Tellina inflata Gmelin, 1791 Species Tellina innominata (Bertin, 1878) Species Tellina lamellosa (Issel, 1869) Species Tellina linguafelis Linnaeus, 1758 Species Tellina madagascariensis Gmelin, 1791 Species Tellina modica Cosel, 1995 Species Tellina natalensis Philippi, 1846 Species Tellina nux Hanley, 1844 Species Tellina oryza Cosel, 1995 Species Tellina ostracea Lamarck, 1818 Species Tellina ovalis (Sowerby I, 1825) Species Tellina palatum Iredale, 1929 Species Tellina palliderosea Anton, 1838 Species Tellina perna Spengler, 1798 Species Tellina pharaonis Hanley, 1844 Species Tellina philippii Anton, 1844 Species Tellina pinguis Hanley, 1844 Species Tellina planata Linnaeus, 1758 Species Tellina ponsonbyi G. B. Sowerby III, 1889 Species Tellina pristis Lamarck, 1818 Species Tellina pseudopusilla Cosel, 1995 Species Tellina pulchella Lamarck, 1818 Species Tellina pulcherrima G.B. Sowerby I, 1825 Species Tellina resecta Deshayes, 1855 Species Tellina robusta Hanley, 1844 Species Tellina rostrata Linnaeus, 1758 Species Tellina rousi G.B. Sowerby III, 1892 Species Tellina rubella Deshayes, 1855 Species Tellina rubicincta Römer, 1870 Species Tellina scalpellum Hanley, 1844 Species Tellina scobinata Linnaeus, 1758 Species Tellina senegambiensis Salisbury, 1934 Species Tellina sericata Melvill, 1898 Species Tellina staurella Lamarck, 1818 Species Tellina strigosa Gmelin, 1791 Species Tellina sulcata Wood, 1815 Species Tellina tenuis da Costa, 1778 Species Tellina timorensis (Lamarck, 1818) Species Tellina trilatera Gmelin, 1791 Species Tellina triradiata H. Adams, 1871 Species Tellina valtonis Hanley, 1844 Species Tellina vestalis Hanley, 1844 Species Tellina vidalensis G.B. Sowerby III, 1904 Species Tellina virgata Linnaeus, 1758 Subgenus Tellina (Angulus) Megerle von Mühlfeld, 1811 represented as Tellina Linnaeus, 1758 (alternate representation)    » Species Tellina (Angulus) emarginata G. B. Sowerby I, 1825 represented as Tellina emarginata (Sowerby I, 1825) (alternate representation) » Species Tellina (Angulus) flacca Römer, 1871 represented as Tellina flacca Römer, 1871 (alternate representation) Subgenus Tellina (Cadella) Dall, Bartsch & Rehder, 1938 represented as Cadella Dall, Bartsch & Rehder, 1938 (alternate representation) Subgenus Tellina (Clathrotellina) Thiele, 1934 represented as Tellina Linnaeus, 1758 (alternate representation) Subgenus Tellina (Cyclotellina) Cossmann, 1886 represented as Tellina Linnaeus, 1758 (alternate representation) Subgenus Tellina (Elliptotellina) Cossmann, 1886 represented as Tellina Linnaeus, 1758 (alternate representation) Subgenus Tellina (Exotica) Lamy, 1918 represented as Tellina Linnaeus, 1758 (alternate representation) Subgenus Tellina (Homalina) Stoliczka, 1870 represented as Tellina Linnaeus, 1758 (alternate representation) Subgenus Tellina (Jactellina) Iredale, 1929 represented as Tellina Linnaeus, 1758 (alternate representation) Subgenus Tellina (Moerella) P. Fischer, 1887 represented as Moerella P. Fischer, 1887 (alternate representation)    » Species Tellina (Moerella) boucheti Cosel, 1995 represented as Tellina boucheti Cosel, 1995 (alternate representation, original combination) » Species Tellina (Moerella) modica Cosel, 1995 represented as Tellina modica Cosel, 1995 (alternate representation, original combination) » Species Tellina (Moerella) oryza Cosel, 1995 represented as Tellina oryza Cosel, 1995 (alternate representation, original combination) » Species Tellina (Moerella) pseudopusilla Cosel, 1995 represented as Tellina pseudopusilla Cosel, 1995 (alternate representation, original combination) Subgenus Tellina (Nitidotellina) Scarlato, 1961 represented as Tellina Linnaeus, 1758 (alternate representation) Subgenus Tellina (Obtellina) Iredale, 1929 represented as Tellina Linnaeus, 1758 (alternate representation)    » Species Tellina (Obtellina) sericata Melvill, 1898 represented as Tellina sericata Melvill, 1898 (alternate representation) Subgenus Tellina (Pharaonella) Lamy, 1918 represented as Tellina Linnaeus, 1758 (alternate representation)    » Species Tellina (Pharaonella) perna Spengler, 1798 represented as Tellina perna Spengler, 1798 (alternate representation) » Species Tellina (Pharaonella) pharaonis Hanley, 1844 represented as Tellina pharaonis Hanley, 1844 (alternate representation) » Species Tellina (Pharaonella) rostrata Linnaeus, 1758 represented as Tellina rostrata Linnaeus, 1758 (alternate representation) Subgenus Tellina (Phylloda) Schumacher, 1817 represented as Tellina Linnaeus, 1758 (alternate representation)    » Species Tellina (Phylloda) foliacea Linnaeus, 1758 represented as Tellina foliacea Linnaeus, 1758 (alternate representation) Subgenus Tellina (Pistris) Thiele, 1934 represented as Tellina Linnaeus, 1758 (alternate representation) Subgenus Tellina (Quadrans) Bertin, 1878 represented as Tellina Linnaeus, 1758 (alternate representation) Subgenus Tellina (Quidnipagus) Iredale, 1929 represented as Tellina Linnaeus, 1758 (alternate representation)    » Species Tellina (Quidnipagus) palatum Iredale, 1929 represented as Tellina palatum Iredale, 1929 (alternate representation) » Species Tellina (Quidnipagus) palatam [sic] accepted as Tellina palatum Iredale, 1929 Subgenus Tellina (Scutarcopagia) Pilsbry, 1918 represented as Tellina Linnaeus, 1758 (alternate representation)    » Species Tellina (Scutarcopagia) scobinata Linnaeus, 1758 represented as Tellina scobinata Linnaeus, 1758 (alternate representation) Subgenus Tellina (Semelangulus) Iredale, 1924 represented as Semelangulus Iredale, 1924 (alternate representation) Subgenus Tellina (Tellinella) Mörch, 1853 represented as Tellina Linnaeus, 1758 (alternate representation)    » Species Tellina (Tellinella) crucigera Lamarck, 1818 represented as Tellina crucigera (Lamarck, 1818) (alternate representation) » Species Tellina (Tellinella) philippii Anton, 1844 represented as Tellina philippii Anton, 1844 (alternate representation) » Species Tellina (Tellinella) pulcherrima G. B. Sowerby I, 1825 represented as Tellina pulcherrima G.B. Sowerby I, 1825 (alternate representation) » Species Tellina (Tellinella) staurella Lamarck, 1818 represented as Tellina staurella Lamarck, 1818 (alternate representation) » Species Tellina (Tellinella) virgata Linnaeus, 1758 represented as Tellina virgata Linnaeus, 1758 (alternate representation) Subgenus Tellina (Tellinides) Lamarck, 1818 represented as Tellina Linnaeus, 1758 (alternate representation)    » Species Tellina (Tellinides) ovalis (G. B. Sowerby I, 1825) represented as Tellina ovalis (Sowerby I, 1825) (alternate representation) Species Tellina distorta Poli, 1791 represented as Moerella distorta (Poli, 1791) (alternate representation, original combination) Species Tellina donacina Linnaeus, 1758 represented as Moerella donacina (Linnaeus, 1758) (alternate representation, original combination) Species Tellina semen Hanley, 1845 represented as Cadella semen (Hanley, 1845) (alternate representation) Subgenus Tellina (Peronaea) Poli, 1791 accepted as Peronaea Poli, 1791    » Species Tellina (Peronaea) planata Linnaeus, 1758 represented as Tellina planata Linnaeus, 1758 (alternate representation) Subgenus Tellina (Pinguitellina) Iredale, 1927 accepted as Tellina Linnaeus, 1758    » Species Tellina (Pinguitellina) pinguis Hanley, 1844 accepted as Tellina pinguis Hanley, 1844 Subgenus Tellina (Serratina) Pallary, 1920 accepted as Serratina Pallary, 1920    » Species Tellina (Serratina) sulcata Wood, 1815 represented as Tellina sulcata Wood, 1815 (alternate representation) Species Tellina acropisthus Barnard, 1964 accepted as Tellina staurella Lamarck, 1818 Species Tellina adamsii Bertin, 1878 accepted as Pristipagia adamsii (Bertin, 1878) Species Tellina alfredensis Bartsch, 1915 accepted as Tellina palliderosea Anton, 1838 Species Tellina angulata Linnaeus, 1767 accepted as Psammotreta angulata (Linnaeus, 1767) Species Tellina angulata Chemnitz, 1782 accepted as Tellina angulata Linnaeus, 1767 accepted as Psammotreta angulata (Linnaeus, 1767) Species Tellina dispar Conrad, 1837 accepted as Scissulina dispar (Conrad, 1837) Species Tellina dubia Deshayes, 1854 accepted as Macoma dubia (Deshayes, 1854) Species Tellina edentula Spengler, 1798 accepted as Psammotreta edentula (Spengler, 1798) Species Tellina fabrefacta Pilsbry, 1904 accepted as Herouvalia caelata (A. Adams, 1854) Species Tellina isseli H. Adams, 1871 accepted as Arcopagia isseli (H. Adams, 1871) Species Tellina jubar Hanley, 1844 accepted as Tellina virgata Linnaeus, 1758 Species Tellina lata Quoy & Gaimard, 1835 accepted as Tellina virgata Linnaeus, 1758 Species Tellina ludwigii Krauss, 1848 accepted as Heterodonax ludwigii (Krauss, 1848) Species Tellina nitida Poli, 1791 accepted as Tellina albicans Gmelin, 1791 Species Tellina opalina Chemnitz in Schröter, 1788 accepted as Tellina apelina Gmelin, 1791 Species Tellina pellucida Philippi, 1843 accepted as Macoma retrorsa (G. B. Sowerby II, 1867) Species Tellina petalina Deshayes, 1855 accepted as Tellina staurella Lamarck, 1818 Species Tellina planissima Anton, 1838 accepted as Tellina apelina Gmelin, 1791 Species Tellina rastellum Hanley, 1844 accepted as Tellina philippii Anton, 1844 Species Tellina rhomboides Quoy & Gaimard, 1833 accepted as Loxoglypta rhomboides (Quoy & Gaimard, 1835) Species Tellina rubicunda Gould, 1845 accepted as Tellina rubicincta Römer, 1870 Species Tellina rugosa Born, 1778 accepted as Tellina palatum Iredale, 1929 Species Tellina rutila Dunker, 1860 accepted as Moerella rutila (Dunker, 1860) Species Tellina savignyi H. Adams, 1871 accepted as Tellina pinguis Hanley, 1844 Species Tellina semitorta Sowerby, 1867 accepted as Cadella semitorta (Sowerby, 1867) Species Tellina speciosa Deshayes, 1856 accepted as Iacra speciosa (Deshayes, 1856) Species Tellina subpallida E. A. Smith, 1891 accepted as Loxoglypta subpallida (E. A. Smith, 1891) Species Tellina truncata Philippi, 1843 accepted as Psammotreta praerupta (Salisbury, 1934) Species Tellina vulsella Hanley, 1846 accepted as Tellina aurea Perry, 1811
Environment		marine
Feedingtypes		deposit feeder: surface [details] interface feeder [details] suspension feeder: facultative [details]
Host of		Tellina virus (parasite)
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LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138533
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 2004-12-21 15:54:05Z   created   Gofas, Serge 2013-03-31 09:47:20Z   changed   Bouchet, Philippe
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		Citation: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2014). Tellina Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed through: Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2014) African Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138533 on 2015-01-31