WoRMS name details
Tellina balthica Linnaeus, 1758
152928 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:152928)
unaccepted (original combination)
Species
- Variety Tellina balthica var. attenuata Jeffreys, 1864 accepted as Macoma balthica (Linnaeus, 1758) (junior homonym of Tellina attenuata Deshayes, 1855)
- Variety Tellina balthica var. nivea Jeffreys, 1864 accepted as Limecola balthica (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Macoma balthica (Linnaeus, 1758)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
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MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Tellina balthica Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=152928 on 2026-08-03
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Nomenclature
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Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
