WoRMS taxon details
Tellina apelina Gmelin, 1791
AphiaID: 605746
AphiaID: 605746
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Bivalvia (Class) > Heterodonta (Subclass) > Euheterodonta (Infraclass) > Veneroida (Order) > Tellinoidea (Superfamily) > Tellinidae (Family) > Tellina (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | ||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | ||||||||||
| Rank | Species | ||||||||||
| Parent | Tellina Linnaeus, 1758 | ||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Tellina opalina Salis Marschlins, 1793 Tellina opalina Chemnitz in Schröter, 1788 (unavailable: non-binomial work) Tellina opalina Spengler, 1798 Tellina planissima Anton, 1839 | ||||||||||
| Sources |
original description: Gmelin, J.F. (1791) Systema naturae. Thirteenth edition. Leipzig. page(s): 3236 [details] basis of record: Steyn, D.G. & Lussi, M. (1998) Marine Shells of South Africa. An Illustrated Collector’s Guide to Beached Shells. Ekogilde Publishers, Hartebeespoort, South Africa, ii + 264 pp. page(s): 228 [details] from synonym: Spengler L. (1798). Over det toskallede Slægt Tellinerne. Skrivter af Naturhistorie-Selskabet, Kiøbenhavn. 4(2): 67-121, pl. 12. page(s): 106 [details] [view taxon] from synonym: Salis Marschlins C. U. von (1793). Reisen in verschieden Provinzen den Königreischs Neapel. Zurich and Leipzig, Ziegler Vol. I: pp. 442 + 10 pl. page(s): 384 [details] [view taxon] from synonym: Spry, J.F. (1964). The sea shells of Dar es Salaam: Part 2: Pelecypoda (Bivalves). Tanganyika Notes and Records 63, available online at http://e-library.costech.or.tz/collect/tanzania/index/assoc/HASHb932.dir/doc.pdf [details] [view taxon] from synonym: Boss, K. J. 1969. The subfamily Tellininae in South African waters. Bull. Mus. Comp. zool. Harvard 138: 81-162. page(s): 128 [details] [view taxon] from synonym: Anton H. E. (1839). Verzeichniss der Conchylien welche sich in der Sammlung von Hermann Eduard Anton befinden. Halle XVI + 110 p: page(s): 4 [details] [view taxon] from synonym: Dautzenberg, Ph. (1929). Contribution à l'étude de la faune de Madagascar: Mollusca marina testacea. Faune des colonies françaises, III(fasc. 4). Société d'Editions géographiques, maritimes et coloniales: Paris. 321-636, plates IV-VII pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] [view taxon] | ||||||||||
| Environment | marine | ||||||||||
| Distribution | Madagascar (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Tanzania (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] | ||||||||||
| Note |
Taxonomic Remark: Based on Chemnitz, J. H. 1782. Neues systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet 6, pl. 12, fig. 107. [details] | ||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:605746 | ||||||||||
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| Citation: Sartori, A.; Rosenberg, G. (2013). Tellina apelina Gmelin, 1791. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=605746 on 2013-05-25 | |||||||||||
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