Tellina fraasi Böhm 1891 (tellin clam)

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae

Full reference: J. Böhm. 1891. Die Kreidebildungen des Fürbergs und Sulzbergs bei Siegsdorf in Oberbayern. Palaeontographica 38:1-106

Belongs to Tellina according to J. Böhm 1891

Sister taxa: Tellina (Arcopagia) gabbi, Tellina (Cadella), Tellina (Cyclotellina), Tellina (Elliptotellina), Tellina (Eurytellina), Tellina (Fabulina), Tellina (Finlayella), Tellina (Gastranopsis), Tellina (Homalina), Tellina (Laciolina), Tellina (Loxoglypta), Tellina (Macaliopsis), Tellina (Macomona), Tellina (Megangulus), Tellina (Miratellina), Tellina (Moerella), Tellina (Nitidotellina), Tellina (Olcesia), Tellina (Oudardia), Tellina (Peronaea), Tellina (Peronidia), Tellina (Phyllodina), Tellina (Pseudarcopagia) victoriae, Tellina (Saulella), Tellina (Scutarcopagia), Tellina (Scutocopagia), Tellina (Sinuosipagia), Tellina (Tellina), Tellina (Tellinella), Tellina (Tellinidella), Tellina actutangula, Tellina aequalis, Tellina albinelloides, Tellina alisoensis, Tellina alta, Tellina ashburnerii, Tellina asperrima, Tellina australis, Tellina balaustina, Tellina barrandei, Tellina bavarica, Tellina benedenii, Tellina bernayi, Tellina beyrichi, Tellina brevirostralis, Tellina brimonti, Tellina buboana, Tellina bullula, Tellina burmeisteri, Tellina cainozoica, Tellina capsoides, Tellina cherokeensis, Tellina collustrata, Tellina cossmanni, Tellina couvaensis, Tellina cowlitzensis, Tellina cumana, Tellina cupressensis, Tellina cynoglossula, Tellina decurtata, Tellina diegoana, Tellina distans, Tellina distorta, Tellina divaricata, Tellina donacilla, Tellina donacina, Tellina dowlingi, Tellina edentula, Tellina edwardsi, Tellina egena, Tellina elliptica, Tellina equideclivis, Tellina equilateralis, Tellina eugenia, Tellina euryterma, Tellina exarata, Tellina fabula, Tellina flexuosa, Tellina foliacea, Tellina geulemensis, Tellina gibber, Tellina hoffmanniana, Tellina idonea, Tellina isonema, Tellina kincaidi, Tellina lata, Tellina leana, Tellina lilium, Tellina longicallus, Tellina luederitzi, Tellina madagascariensis, Tellina masinguiensis, Tellina masoni, Tellina maylandensis, Tellina merangiana, Tellina merriami, Tellina minima, Tellina modesta, Tellina molengraaffi, Tellina nitida, Tellina oregonensis, Tellina palatam, Tellina panamensis, Tellina parilis, Tellina patula, Tellina pectorosa, Tellina perrini, Tellina phylloides, Tellina pilgrimi, Tellina pinguis, Tellina pittsburgensis, Tellina planata, Tellina pondicherriensis, Tellina porrecta, Tellina praecuta, Tellina protostriatula, Tellina pulchella, Tellina pygmaea, Tellina quadrata, Tellina radiata, Tellina ralphi, Tellina rastella, Tellina redmondii, Tellina remies, Tellina remondii, Tellina ruderata, Tellina rugosa, Tellina santana, Tellina santarosae, Tellina scandula, Tellina segregata, Tellina serica, Tellina serrata, Tellina sillimani, Tellina soledadensis, Tellina songoensis, Tellina staurella, Tellina subequalis, Tellina sutterensis, Tellina tallicheti, Tellina tehachapi, Tellina temperata, Tellina tenuis, Tellina transversa, Tellina tricarinata, Tellina trumani, Tellina truncata, Tellina vancouverensis, Tellina venezuelensis, Tellina verneuili, Tellina vicksburgensis, Tellina virginiana, Tellina williamsi, Tellina wilsoni, Tellina woodmanensis, Tellina woodwardi

Type specimen: Its type locality is Gerhardtsreiter Graben, which is in a Maastrichtian carbonate marl in the Gerhardsreit Formation of Germany

Ecology: facultatively mobile deep infaunal deposit feeder

Distribution: found only at Gerhardtsreiter Graben

Show more details


Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.


Click image to enlarge. Click to access iDigBio record.