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Elliptotellina Cossmann, 1886 
AphiaID: 415336

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Bivalvia (Class) > Heterodonta (Subclass) > Euheterodonta (Infraclass) > Veneroida (Order) > Tellinoidea (Superfamily) > Tellinidae (Family)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Genus
Typetaxon Donax tellinella Lamarck, 1806 † (type by original designation)
Parent Tellinidae Blainville, 1814
Synonymised
taxa		  Tellina (Elliptotellina) Cossmann, 1886
Source  from synonym: Abbott R. T. (1974). American Seashells. The marine mollusca of the Atlantic and Pacific coast of North America. II edit. Van Nostrand, New York 663 p. + 24 pl:
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[show all]		 Species Elliptotellina tellinella (Lamarck, 1806) †

Species Elliptotellina americana (Dall, 1900) accepted as Tellina (Elliptotellina) americana Dall, 1900 represented as Tellina americana Dall, 1900
Species Elliptotellina erasmia (Melvill, 1898) accepted as Herouvalia caelata (A. Adams, 1854)
Species Elliptotellina euglypta (Gould, 1861) accepted as Herouvalia caelata (A. Adams, 1854)
Species Elliptotellina pacifica (Dall, 1900) accepted as Tellina (Elliptotellina) pacifica Dall, 1900 represented as Tellina pacifica Dall, 1900
Species Elliptotellina urinatoria (Suter, 1911) accepted as Tellina urinatoria Suter, 1911
Environment marine
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:415336
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2009-09-23 14:01:30Z  created  db_admin
2012-06-04 23:00:48Z  changed  Rosenberg, Gary
2012-08-02 08:50:47Z  changed  Bouchet, Philippe
2013-01-08 10:43:56Z  changed  Sartori, André
2013-01-09 10:55:50Z  changed  Sartori, André
2013-03-31 09:47:20Z  changed  Bouchet, Philippe
  
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  Citation: Bouchet, P.; Sartori, A.; Rosenberg, G. (2013). Elliptotellina Cossmann, 1886. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=415336 on 2013-05-23
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