BeRMS taxon details
Tellina Linnaeus, 1758
138533 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138533)
accepted
Genus
- Subgenus Tellina (Angulus) Megerle von Mühlfeld, 1811 accepted as Angulus Megerle von Mühlfeld, 1811 (unaccepted > superseded rank)
- Subgenus Tellina (Moerella) P. Fischer, 1887 accepted as Moerella P. Fischer, 1887 (unaccepted > superseded rank)
- Species Tellina balthica Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Macoma balthica (Linnaeus, 1758) (original combination)
- Species Tellina crassa Pennant, 1777 accepted as Arcopagia crassa (Pennant, 1777) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Tellina donacina Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Moerella donacina (Linnaeus, 1758) (original combination)
- Species Tellina fabula Gmelin, 1791 accepted as Fabulina fabula (Gmelin, 1791)
- Species Tellina fervensis Gmelin, 1791 accepted as Gari fervensis (Gmelin, 1791)
- Species Tellina gibba Olivi, 1792 accepted as Varicorbula gibba (Olivi, 1792)
- Species Tellina pygmaea Lovén, 1846 accepted as Asbjornsenia pygmaea (Lovén, 1846)
- Species Tellina rotundata Montagu, 1803 accepted as Diplodonta rotundata (Montagu, 1803) (original combination)
- Species Tellina tenuis da Costa, 1778 accepted as Macomangulus tenuis (da Costa, 1778)
marine
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 [details] Available for editors 
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Tellina Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed through: VLIZ Belgian Marine Species Consortium (2010 onwards) Belgian Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/berms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138533 on 2026-09-03
VLIZ Belgian Marine Species Consortium (2010 onwards). Belgian Register of Marine Species. Tellina Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/Berms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138533 on 2026-09-03
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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 [details] Available for editors
basis of record Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details]
basis of record Keen A.M. 1969. Superfamily Tellinacea. Pp. N613-N643, <i>In</i> R.C. Moore (ed.), Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part N: Mollusca 6, Bivalvia. Geological Society of America and University of Kansas Press, Lawrence.
page(s): N613 [details]
additional source Martens, E. von. (1874). Bemerkungen zu Römer's Monographie der Gattung <i>Tellina</i>. <em>Malakozoologische Blätter.</em> 21: 166-177., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15918799 [details]
additional source Nazneen, S. & Begum, F. (1988). Hydrological studies of Lyari River. <em>Pakistan Journal of Scientific and Industrial Research.</em> 31(1): 26-29.
page(s): 28; note: Unidentified species [details] Available for editors
subsequent type designation Schmidt F.C. 1818, Versuch über die beste Einrichtung zur Aufstellung: Behandlung und Aufbewahrung der verschiedenen Naturkörper und gegenṣtände der Kunst, vorzüglich der Conchylien-Sammlungen, nebst kurzer Beurtheilung der conchyliologischen Systeme und Schriften und einer tabellarischen Zusammenstellung und Vergleichung der sechs besten und neuesten conchyliologischen Systeme. Gotha, J. Perth, 252 pp. , available online at http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015061903053#view=1up;seq=15
page(s): 51 [details]
basis of record Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details]
basis of record Keen A.M. 1969. Superfamily Tellinacea. Pp. N613-N643, <i>In</i> R.C. Moore (ed.), Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part N: Mollusca 6, Bivalvia. Geological Society of America and University of Kansas Press, Lawrence.
page(s): N613 [details]
additional source Martens, E. von. (1874). Bemerkungen zu Römer's Monographie der Gattung <i>Tellina</i>. <em>Malakozoologische Blätter.</em> 21: 166-177., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15918799 [details]
additional source Nazneen, S. & Begum, F. (1988). Hydrological studies of Lyari River. <em>Pakistan Journal of Scientific and Industrial Research.</em> 31(1): 26-29.
page(s): 28; note: Unidentified species [details] Available for editors
subsequent type designation Schmidt F.C. 1818, Versuch über die beste Einrichtung zur Aufstellung: Behandlung und Aufbewahrung der verschiedenen Naturkörper und gegenṣtände der Kunst, vorzüglich der Conchylien-Sammlungen, nebst kurzer Beurtheilung der conchyliologischen Systeme und Schriften und einer tabellarischen Zusammenstellung und Vergleichung der sechs besten und neuesten conchyliologischen Systeme. Gotha, J. Perth, 252 pp. , available online at http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015061903053#view=1up;seq=15
page(s): 51 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Tellina)
To Genbank
To The Arctic Traits Database (5 traits)
To ITIS
To Genbank
To The Arctic Traits Database (5 traits)
To ITIS
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