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Tellina (Merisca) cristallina Spengler, 1798 
AphiaID: 594081

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Bivalvia (Class) > Heterodonta (Subclass) > Euheterodonta (Infraclass) > Veneroida (Order) > Tellinoidea (Superfamily) > Tellinidae (Family) > Tellina (Genus) > Tellina (Merisca) (Subgenus)
Status alternate representation
Record
status
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Accepted name  Tellina cristallina Spengler, 1798
Rank Species
Parent Tellina (Merisca) Dall, 1900 represented as Tellina Linnaeus, 1758
Sources  basis of record: 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:
page(s): 498 [details]


redescription: 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. [details]

Environment marine
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:594081
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2012-01-14 15:06:10Z  created  Rosenberg, Gary
  
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  Citation: Rosenberg, G. (2013). Tellina (Merisca) cristallina Spengler, 1798. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=594081 on 2013-05-23
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