Tellinidae Blainville, 1814 
AphiaID: 235

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Bivalvia (Class) > Heterodonta (Subclass) > Euheterodonta (Infraclass) > Veneroida (Order) > Tellinoidea (Superfamily)

Status		accepted
Record status		Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank		Family
Parent		Tellinoidea
Synonymised taxa		Macominae Olsson, 1961 Tellininae
Source		Not documented
Direct child taxa [show all]		Genus Angulus Megerle von Mühlfeld, 1811 Genus Apolymetis Salisbury, 1929 Genus Arcopagia Brown, 1827 Genus Cadella Dall, Bartsch & Rehder, 1938 Genus Clathrotellina Thiele, 1934 Genus Cyclotellina Cossmann, 1886 Genus Gastrana Schumacher, 1817 Genus Herouvalia Cossmann, 1892 Genus Leporimetis Iredale, 1930 Genus Loxoglypta Dall, Bartsch & Rehder, 1938 Genus Macoma Leach, 1819 Genus Moerella P. Fischer, 1887 Genus Obtellina Iredale, 1929 Genus Peronaea Poli, 1791 Genus Pharaonella Lamy, 1918 Genus Pinguitellina Iredale, 1927 Genus Pristipagia Iredale, 1936 Genus Psammotreta Dall, 1900 Genus Quadrans Bertin, 1878 Genus Quidnipagus Iredale, 1929 Genus Scissulina Dall, 1924 Genus Scutarcopagia Pilsbry, 1918 Genus Semelangulus Iredale, 1924 Genus Serratina Pallary, 1922 Genus Strigilla Turton, 1822 Genus Tellina Linnaeus, 1758 Genus Tellinella Mörch, 1853 Subfamily Macominae Olsson, 1961 represented as Tellinidae Blainville, 1814 (alternate representation) Subfamily Tellininae represented as Tellinidae Blainville, 1814 (alternate representation) Genus Florimetis Olsson & Harbison, 1953 accepted as Leporimetis Iredale, 1930 Genus Quodrans accepted as Quadrans Bertin, 1878
Environment		marine
Feedingtypes		deposit feeder: surface [details] interface grazer [details] suspension feeder: facultative [details]
Links		To GenBank To image gallery of Natural History Museum Rotterdam To ITIS
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:235
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 2004-12-21 15:54:05Z   created   db_admin 2011-03-19 11:16:20Z   checked   Bouchet, Philippe
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		Citation: Bouchet, P. (2013). Tellinidae. Accessed through: Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2013) African Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=235 on 2013-05-23