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Tellina (Tellinella)

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae

Taxonomy
Tellinella was named by Mörch (1853) [Sepkoski's age data: K Sant R]. It is extant. Its type is Tellina virgata.

It was reranked as Tellina (Tellinella) by Gardner (1947), Woodring (1982), Coan et al. (2000), Moore (2003).

It was assigned to Tellininae by Vokes (1980), Stilwell and Zinsmeister (1992); to Veneroida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Tellina by Gardner (1947), Woodring (1982), Coan et al. (2000), Moore (2003).

Subtaxa
Tellina (Tellinella) canaliculata, Tellina (Tellinella) chipolana, Tellina (Tellinella) insurata (syn. Tellina tenuistriata), Tellina (Tellinella) listeri, Tellina (Tellinella) protera, Tellina (Tellinella) reflexa, Tellina (Tellinella) strophia, Tellina (Tellinella) tenuilineata, Tellina (Tellinella) tricarinata, Tellina (Tellinella) virgata, Tellina (Tellinella) waltonensis, Tellinella oblonga, Tellinella rovala
Species lacking formal opinion data
Tellina accedens, Tellina acrocosima, Tellina acrocosmia, Tellina aduncanasa, Tellina aduncanasa, Tellina aequilateralis, Tellina amazonensis, Tellina amenensis, Tellina apomsa, Tellina aqiaensis, Tellina aquitanica, Tellina araucana, Tellina atossa, Tellina baltica, Tellina bellsiana, Tellina bipartita, Tellina bonneti, Tellina brevis, Tellina briarti, Tellina brownei, Tellina browni, Tellina browni, Tellina calliglypta, Tellina calligypta, Tellina calumetensis, Tellina candeana, Tellina candeana, Tellina capillifera, Tellina carlilana, Tellina caroniana, Tellina carteroni, Tellina celetes, Tellina cliviosa, Tellina colombiana, Tellina crassa, Tellina cruciata, Tellina cygnus, Tellina cymobia, Tellina cynoglossa, Tellina decipiens, Tellina decorata, Tellina decorata, Tellina diaphana, Tellina diaphana, Tellina dijki, Tellina dinomera, Tellina diphana, Tellina dira, Tellina disparoides, Tellina djakovi, Tellina duganensis, Tellina dugansensis, Tellina duneganensis, Tellina eborea, Tellina estellensis, Tellina euxesta, Tellina fabia, Tellina felix, Tellina flandrica, Tellina francisca, Tellina frontera, Tellina gonida, Tellina gonida, Tellina goodei, Tellina gouldia, Tellina granconensis, Tellina greggi, Tellina groenlandica, Tellina halidona, Tellina halistrepta, Tellina halistrepta, Tellina hallistrepta, Tellina healeyi, Tellina healyi, Tellina hendersoni, Tellina hendersoni, Tellina hilaris, Tellina hilli, Tellina ickeae, Tellina inaequalis, Tellina incarnata, Tellina iridella, Tellina iridescens, Tellina islahispaniolae, Tellina isseli, Tellina jeguaensis, Tellina jungi, Tellina juvenilis, Tellina kikaizimana, Tellina kincaidii, Tellina lacunosa, Tellina lacunosa, Tellina lamellosa, Tellina lamottensis, Tellina levesquei, Tellina linifera, Tellina linifera, Tellina luderitizi, Tellina ludwigii, Tellina lyrica, Tellina makelloides, Tellina maoica, Tellina marcosensis, Tellina merula, Tellina merula, Tellina michaeli, Tellina moreana, Tellina multiconcentrica, Tellina multilineata, Tellina multioncentrica, Tellina munda, Tellina nanggulanensis, Tellina nannodes, Tellina natalensis, Tellina nevadaensis, Tellina njalindungensis, Tellina notoensis, Tellina nysti, Tellina opressa, Tellina oregonenis, Tellina ovalleana, Tellina ovatula, Tellina palatum, Tellina panamanensis, Tellina parkerana, Tellina parvitas, Tellina peaceriverensis, Tellina pearlensis, Tellina penthesileae, Tellina peracuta, Tellina permodesta, Tellina pharaonis, Tellina pharcida, Tellina phaseolina, Tellina plana, Tellina planitesta, Tellina pleschakovi, Tellina plicata, Tellina ponsonbyi, Tellina postera, Tellina praeplanata, Tellina praeplanata, Tellina pretiosa, Tellina propetenella, Tellina proxima, Tellina pseudohilli, Tellina puella, Tellina qilianshanensis, Tellina quihi, Tellina rastellum, Tellina raulini, Tellina ravuli, Tellina regularis, Tellina retifera, Tellina riocanensis, Tellina rivana, Tellina rollandensis, Tellina rosa, Tellina rostralis, Tellina rostrata, Tellina rotunda, Tellina santander, Tellina sayi, Tellina scalariodes, Tellina sclera, Tellina sclera, Tellina semipapyra, Tellina semipapyria, Tellina semirotunda, Tellina silicata, Tellina silicata, Tellina simpsoni, Tellina singewaldi, Tellina sokkohensis, Tellina spiekeri, Tellina spiekeri, Tellina spillmani, Tellina stabulana, Tellina strictolineata, Tellina strigosa, Tellina strougoi, Tellina subaritica, Tellina subdiluta, Tellina suberis, Tellina suberis, Tellina subpallida, Tellina subprotexta, Tellina subtriangularis, Tellina sumatrana, Tellina sybaritica, Tellina sybaritica, Tellina tazuvensis, Tellina tazuvensis, Tellina tigilensis, Tellina timorensis, Tellina triangularis, Tellina trigonula, Tellina trilatera, Tellina vaughani, Tellina vaughani, Tellina victoriae, Tellina waylandvaughani, Tellina woodmansensis, Tellina zonaria, Tellinella arcotensis, Tellinella eugonia, Tellinella ferrari, Tellinella largillierti, Tellinella patagonica

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1853Tellinella Mörch p. 13
1947Tellina (Tellinella) Gardner pp. 189, 190
1980Tellinella Vokes p. 144
1982Tellina (Tellinella) Woodring p. 656
1992Tellinella Stilwell and Zinsmeister p. 77
2000Tellina (Tellinella) Coan et al. p. 404
2002Tellinella Sepkoski
2002Tellinota Sepkoski
2003Tellina (Tellinella) Moore

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
—Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
—CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
RankNameAuthor
—CardioniFerussac 1822
—CardiidiaFerussac 1822
—CardiataFerussac 1822
superorderCardiiformiiFerussac 1822
orderCardiidaFerussac 1822
suborderCardiidinaFerussac 1822
—CardioideiFerussac 1822
superfamilyTellinoidea(Blainville 1814)
familyTellinidaeBlainville 1814
genusTellinaLinnaeus 1758
subgenusTellinella(Mörch 1853)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Subg. Tellina (Tellinella) Mörch 1853
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Invalid names: Tellina tenuistriata Davis 1913 [replaced]
†Tellina (Tellinella) reflexa Stilwell and Zinsmeister 1992
†Tellinella oblonga Sowerby 1846
†Tellinella rovala Olsson 1922
Invalid names: Tellinota [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Locomotion: facultatively mobileg
Life habit: infaunalg
Diet: deposit feederg
Vision: blindc
Comments: LIFE HISTORY: IS, MA, UN, DS according to Todd (2001).g
Created: 2009-09-09 13:38:19
Modified: 2009-09-09 20:38:19
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Sanchez Roig 1926, Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Middle Campanian to the top of the Holocene or 83.60000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 72.2 Ma

Collections (72 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Santonian - Early/Lower Campanian85.7 - 72.2USA (California) Tellina sp. (239930)
Middle Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (California) Tellina sp. (144763)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Madagascar Tellinella arcotensis (1322)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Chile Tellinella largillierti (1314)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Mexico Tellinella sp. (1372)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Maryland) Tellinella sp. (1312)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Algeria Tellinella arcotensis (1344)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Georgia) Tellinella sp. (1309)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Tunisia Tellinella arcotensis (1365)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Argentina (Rio Negro) Tellinella sp. (240159)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0India Tellinella arcotensis (1351)
Early/Lower Eocene - Middle Eocene56.0 - 37.71United Kingdom (England) Tellinella sp. (3258)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Antarctica Tellina reflexa (278340)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03United Kingdom (England) Tellina canaliculata (8124 8125)
Middle Eocene48.07 - 37.71Japan Tellina tricarinata (71014 71016)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71France (Oise) Tellina canaliculata (3494)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71Antarctica Tellina reflexa (63551)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71New Zealand Tellinella n. sp. (64741 64750 64751 67590) Tellinella sp. (64739 64740)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71France Tellina canaliculata (78567)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04Panama Tellina protera (42558)
Late/Upper Oligocene27.3 - 23.04USA (California) Tellina tenuilineata (72407 72408 122273 219727 219730)
Chattian - Aquitanian27.3 - 20.45USA (Florida) Tellina silicata (61047 61072 61100 61111) Tellina silicata, Tellina dira (60985)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Argentina Tellinella patagonica (71430 71539 71540)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98India Tellina hilli, Tellina pseudohilli (72083) Tellina hilli, Tellina pseudohilli, Tellina sp. (78641)
Otaian21.7 - 18.7New Zealand (Auckland) Tellinella ferrari (84915)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98USA (Florida) Tellina chipolana (42272 42367 42443) Tellina chipolana, Tellina strophia (41760)
Altonian18.7 - 15.9New Zealand Tellinella eugonia (67898)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63New Zealand (Hawke's Bay) Tellinella eugonia (45183)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63India Tellina pseudohilli, Tellina hilli (78614) Tellina sp. (78615)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Indonesia Tellina retifera, Tellina sokkohensis (70086)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.63USA (Florida) Tellina waltonensis (42892 111204 136943)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Indonesia Tellina sumatrana (70083)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Costa Rica (Limon) Tellina rovala (96520)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Trinidad and Tobago Tellina caroniana (81976)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Panama Tellina rovala (60695) Tellina sp. (60691)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Australia (Western Australia) Tellina sp. (63353)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Panama Tellina rovala (134663)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Egypt Tellina rastellum (101634)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117French Polynesia Tellinella virgata (194003)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117Jamaica Tellina listeri (80407 80408)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Seychelles Tellinella sp. (80964)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Australia (Western Australia) Tellina virgata (63351)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117Kenya Tellinella sp. (81099 81100)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Tellinella sp. (70010)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Turks and Caicos Islands Tellina listeri (209855)