WoRMS taxon details
Quadrans Bertin, 1878
204014 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:204014)
accepted
Genus
Tellina gargadia Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Quadrans gargadia (Linnaeus, 1758) (type by subsequent designation)
Arcopagia (Quadrans) Bertin, 1878 · unaccepted > superseded rank
Obtellina Iredale, 1929 · unaccepted > superseded rank
Quadrans (Obtellina) Iredale, 1929 · alternative representation
Quadrans (Quadrans) Bertin, 1878 · alternative representation
Quadrans (Spinans) M. Huber, Langleit & Kreipl, 2015 · alternative representation
Quodrans [sic] · unaccepted (misspelling)
Tellina (Obtellina) Iredale, 1929 · unaccepted
Tellina (Quadrans) Bertin, 1878 · unaccepted
- Species Quadrans bougei (G. B. Sowerby III, 1909)
- Species Quadrans gargadia (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Species Quadrans sericatus (Melvill, 1898)
- Species Quadrans spinosus (Hanley, 1844)
- Subgenus Quadrans (Striotellina) Thiele, 1934 accepted as Serratina Pallary, 1920 (unaccepted > junior objective synonym)
- Species Quadrans chetelati Fischer-Piette & Nicklès, 1946 accepted as Serratina owenii (Hanley, 1845)
- Species Quadrans parvitas Iredale, 1931 accepted as Quadrans spinosus (Hanley, 1844)
- Species Quadrans serratus (Brocchi, 1814) accepted as Serratina serrata (Brocchi, 1814)
- Subgenus Quadrans (Obtellina) Iredale, 1929 represented as Quadrans Bertin, 1878
- Species Quadrans (Obtellina) bougei (G. B. Sowerby III, 1909) represented as Quadrans bougei (G. B. Sowerby III, 1909)
- Species Quadrans (Obtellina) sericatus (Melvill, 1898) represented as Quadrans sericatus (Melvill, 1898)
- Subgenus Quadrans (Quadrans) Bertin, 1878 represented as Quadrans Bertin, 1878
- Subgenus Quadrans (Spinans) M. Huber, Langleit & Kreipl, 2015 represented as Quadrans Bertin, 1878
- Species Quadrans (Spinans) spinosus (Hanley, 1844) represented as Quadrans spinosus (Hanley, 1844)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Tellina (Quadrans) Bertin, 1878) Bertin V. (1878). Révision des tellinidés du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle. <em>Nouvelles Archives du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle [Paris].</em> ser. 2, 1: 201-361, pls 8, 9., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36858019
page(s): 229, 265 [details]
page(s): 229, 265 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Quadrans Bertin, 1878. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=204014 on 2026-08-11
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2006-09-28 06:51:36Z
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Martinez, Olga
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Obtellina Iredale, 1929) Iredale, T. (1929). Queensland molluscan notes, No. 1. <em>Memoirs of the Queensland Museum.</em> 9(3): 261-297, pls 30-31 [29 June 1929]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52430219
page(s): 266 [details]
original description (of Tellina (Quadrans) Bertin, 1878) Bertin V. (1878). Révision des tellinidés du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle. <em>Nouvelles Archives du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle [Paris].</em> ser. 2, 1: 201-361, pls 8, 9., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36858019
page(s): 229, 265 [details]
original description (of Quadrans (Spinans) M. Huber, Langleit & Kreipl, 2015) Huber, M.; Langleit, A.; Kreipl, K. (2015). Tellinidae. Pp. 167-297, 564-746. In: M. Huber, <i>Compendium of bivalves</i> 2 A full-color guide to the remaining seven families. A systematic listing of 8,500 bivalve species and 10,500 synonyms. Harxheim: ConchBooks. 907 pp.
page(s): 595 [details]
page(s): 266 [details]
original description (of Tellina (Quadrans) Bertin, 1878) Bertin V. (1878). Révision des tellinidés du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle. <em>Nouvelles Archives du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle [Paris].</em> ser. 2, 1: 201-361, pls 8, 9., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36858019
page(s): 229, 265 [details]
original description (of Quadrans (Spinans) M. Huber, Langleit & Kreipl, 2015) Huber, M.; Langleit, A.; Kreipl, K. (2015). Tellinidae. Pp. 167-297, 564-746. In: M. Huber, <i>Compendium of bivalves</i> 2 A full-color guide to the remaining seven families. A systematic listing of 8,500 bivalve species and 10,500 synonyms. Harxheim: ConchBooks. 907 pp.
page(s): 595 [details]
Taxonomy
status source
Huber, M.; Langleit, A.; Kreipl, K. (2015). Tellinidae. Pp. 167-297, 564-746. In: M. Huber, <i>Compendium of bivalves</i> 2 A full-color guide to the remaining seven families. A systematic listing of 8,500 bivalve species and 10,500 synonyms. Harxheim: ConchBooks. 907 pp. [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
