WoRMS taxon details
Scutarcopagia Pilsbry, 1918
205654 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:205654)
accepted
Genus
Tellina scobinata Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Scutarcopagia scobinata (Linnaeus, 1758) (type by original designation)
Arcopagia (Smitharcopagia) Afshar, 1969 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Cyclotellina (Scutarcopagia) Pilsbry, 1918 · unaccepted > superseded rank
Smitharcopagia Afshar, 1969 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Tellina (Scutarcopagia) Pilsbry, 1918 · unaccepted (original rank)
- Species Scutarcopagia delicatula (Selli, 1974)
- Species Scutarcopagia elizabethae (Pilsbry, 1918)
- Species Scutarcopagia linguafelis (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Species Scutarcopagia radiisolis H. Dekker, 2025
- Species Scutarcopagia scobinata (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Species Scutarcopagia lingaefelis [sic] accepted as Scutarcopagia linguafelis (Linnaeus, 1758) (misspelling)
- Species Scutarcopagia monika M. Huber, Langleit & Kreipl, 2015 accepted as Tellinella monika (M. Huber, Langleit & Kreipl, 2015) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Scutarcopagia nelly M. Huber, Langleit & Kreipl, 2015 accepted as Tellinella nelly (M. Huber, Langleit & Kreipl, 2015) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Scutarcopagia pulcherrima (G. B. Sowerby I, 1825) accepted as Tellinella pulcherrima (G. B. Sowerby I, 1825) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Scutarcopagia semiaspera (Deshayes, 1855) accepted as Tellinella semiaspera (Deshayes, 1855) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Scutarcopagia squamulosa (A. Adams, 1850) accepted as Tellinella squamulosa (A. Adams, 1850) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Scutarcopagia verrucosa (Hanley, 1844) accepted as Tellinella verrucosa (Hanley, 1844) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
feminine
(of Tellina (Scutarcopagia) Pilsbry, 1918) Pilsbry, H. A. (1918). Marine mollusks of Hawaii, IV-VII. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 69 (1): 309-333, pls 20-22., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24683327
page(s): 332 [details]
page(s): 332 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Scutarcopagia Pilsbry, 1918. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=205654 on 2026-09-12
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Arcopagia (Smitharcopagia) Afshar, 1969) Afshar, F. (1969). Taxonomic revision of the superspecific groups of the Cretaceous and Cenozoic Tellinidae. <em>Memoir of the Geological Society of America.</em> 119: 1-215., available online at http://books.google.com/books?id=BH4VVvj-zyAC
page(s): 48 [details]
original description (of Tellina (Scutarcopagia) Pilsbry, 1918) Pilsbry, H. A. (1918). Marine mollusks of Hawaii, IV-VII. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 69 (1): 309-333, pls 20-22., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24683327
page(s): 332 [details]
basis of record Okutani T., ed. (2000) <i>Marine mollusks in Japan</i>. Tokai University Press. 1173 pp. [details]
page(s): 48 [details]
original description (of Tellina (Scutarcopagia) Pilsbry, 1918) Pilsbry, H. A. (1918). Marine mollusks of Hawaii, IV-VII. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 69 (1): 309-333, pls 20-22., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24683327
page(s): 332 [details]
basis of record Okutani T., ed. (2000) <i>Marine mollusks in Japan</i>. Tokai University Press. 1173 pp. [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]
Other
additional source
Dekker, H. (2025). A new <i>Scutarcopagia</i> Pilsbry, 1918 species (Bivalvia, Tellinidae) from Indonesia, with notes on other species in this genus. <em>Acta Malacologica Inquisitionis.</em> 2(1): 78-88., available online at https://archive.org/details/acta-malacologia-inquisitionis-2-1/mode/2up?q=acta+malacologica+inquisitionis
page(s): 79 [details] Available for editors
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Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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