WoRMS taxon details

Tellinoidea Blainville, 1814

14636  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:14636)

accepted
Superfamily
Tellinacea · unaccepted (suffix -oidea mandatory for a...)  
suffix -oidea mandatory for a superfamily name following current ICZN art. 29.2.

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  1. Family Donacidae J. Fleming, 1828
  2. Family Psammobiidae J. Fleming, 1828
  3. Family Semelidae Stoliczka, 1870 (1825)
  4. Family Solecurtidae A. d'Orbigny, 1846
  5. Family Tellinidae Blainville, 1814
  6. Family Amphidesmatidae Latreille, 1825 accepted as Semelidae Stoliczka, 1870 (1825) (invalid under ICZN Art. 40.2)
  7. Family Asaphidae Winckworth, 1932 accepted as Psammobiidae J. Fleming, 1828 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, junior homonym of Asaphidae Burmeister, 1843 [Arthropoda])
  8. Family Sanguinolariidae M. Smith, 1937 accepted as Psammobiidae J. Fleming, 1828 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  9. Family Scrobiculariidae H. Adams & A. Adams, 1856 accepted as Semelidae Stoliczka, 1870 (1825) (synonym)
  10. Subfamily Scrobiculariinae H. Adams & A. Adams, 1856 accepted as Semelidae Stoliczka, 1870 (1825) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh
recent + fossil
(of Tellinidae Blainville, 1814) Blainville H.M.D. de. (1814). Sur la classification méthodique des animaux mollusques, et établissement d'une nouvelle considération pour y parvenir. <em>Bulletin des Sciences, par la Société Philomatique de Paris.</em> 1814: 175-180., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4121382
page(s): 179; note: Original spelling 'les tellinacées' (vernacular). [details] 
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Tellinoidea Blainville, 1814. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=14636 on 2025-09-11
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Nomenclature

original description (of Tellinidae Blainville, 1814) Blainville H.M.D. de. (1814). Sur la classification méthodique des animaux mollusques, et établissement d'une nouvelle considération pour y parvenir. <em>Bulletin des Sciences, par la Société Philomatique de Paris.</em> 1814: 175-180., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4121382
page(s): 179; note: Original spelling 'les tellinacées' (vernacular). [details] 

basis of record Bieler, R.; Carter, J. G.; Coan, E. V. (2010). Classification of Bivalve families. Pp. 113-133, in: Bouchet P. & Rocroi J.-P. (2010), Nomenclator of Bivalve Families. <em>Malacologia.</em> 52(2): 1-184. [details] 

Other

context source (PeRMS) Paredes, C.; Cardoso, F.; Santamaría, J.; Esplana, J.; Llaja, L. (2016). Lista anotada de los bivalvos marinos del Perú. <em>Revista peruana de biología.</em> 23(2), 127-150., available online at http://www.scielo.org.pe/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1727-99332016000200006 [details] 

additional source Bieler, R.; Mikkelsen, P. M.; Collins, T. M.; Glover, E. A.; González, V. L.; Graf, D. L.; Harper, E. M.; Healy, J.; Kawauchi, G. Y.; Sharma, P. P.; Staubach, S.; Strong, E. E.; Taylor, J. D.; Tëmkin, I.; Zardus, J. D.; Clark, S.; Guzmán, A.; McIntyre, E.; Sharp, P.; Giribet, G. (2014). Investigating the Bivalve Tree of Life – an exemplar-based approach combining molecular and novel morphological characters. <em>Invertebrate Systematics.</em> 28(1): 32-115., available online at http://www.publish.csiro.au/?paper=IS13010 [details] 

additional source Graham, A. (1934). XV.—The structure and relationships of Lamellibranchs possessing a cruciform muscle. <em>Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh.</em> 54: 158-187., available online at http://note at the end "{Issued separately August 20, 1934.)" [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Frenkiel L. & Mouëza M. (1977). Le fonctionnement du muscle cruciforme des Tellinacea. <em>Journal of Molluscan Studies.</em> 43: 189-191., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordjournals.mollus.a065369 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Trueman, E. R. (1966). The cardinal ligament of the Tellinacea. <em>Journal of Molluscan Studies.</em> 37(2): 111-117., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordjournals.mollus.a064976 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

 
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