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Tellina (Moerella) meropsis Dall, 1900 
AphiaID: 606940

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Bivalvia (Class) > Heterodonta (Subclass) > Euheterodonta (Infraclass) > Veneroida (Order) > Tellinoidea (Superfamily) > Tellinidae (Family) > Tellina (Genus) > Tellina (Moerella) (Subgenus)
Status alternate representation
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Accepted name  Tellina meropsis Dall, 1900
Rank Species
Parent Tellina (Moerella) P. Fischer, 1887 represented as Moerella P. Fischer, 1887
Synonymised
taxa
  Tellina (Angulus) meropsis Dall, 1900
Sources  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]

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:
page(s): 502 [details] [view taxon]


LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:606940
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2012-08-05 18:53:48Z  created  Bouchet, Philippe
  
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  Citation: Bouchet, P. (2013). Tellina (Moerella) meropsis Dall, 1900. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=606940 on 2013-05-19
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