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Tellina

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae

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

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Tellina Linnaeus
1848Tellina oregonensis Conrad
1855Tellina diegoana Conrad p. 12 figs. pi. ii, fig. 28
1857Tellina Deshayes
1904Tellina Glenn p. 297
1909Macoma (Tellina) Toula p. 729
1913Tellina Böhm and Weisfermel p. 68
1918Tellina oregonensis Clark p. 152 figs. Plate 13, figures 1 and 4
1922Tellina Packard p. 426
1923Tellina Clark and Arnold p. 149
1923Tellina oregonensis Clark and Arnold p. 149
1928Tellina Nagao p. 78
1935Tellina Oostingh p. 197
1937Tellina Russell and Landes p. 157
1939Tellina Mukerjee p. 10
1943Tellina Gardner p. 94
1944Tellina Durham p. 148
1947Tellina Gardner p. 189
1969Tellina Moore p. 613
1976Tellina Moore p. 50
1977Tellina Adegoke p. 274
1980Tellina Vokes p. 144
1982Tellina Woodring p. 656
1987Tellina Squires p. 68
1987Tellina Ward and Blackwelder p. 130
1988Tellina Freneix et al. p. 429
1992Tellina Lamprell and Whitehead p. 88
1992Tellina Perrilliat p. 13
1999Tellina Squires p. 22
2000Tellina Coan et al. p. 398
2002Tellina Sepkoski
2003Tellina Moore
2005Tellina Schneider et al. p. 101
2010Tellina Bouchet et al.
2016Tellina Morales-Ortega et al. p. 14

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

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.

G. Tellina Linnaeus 1758
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Tellina (Arcopagia) gabbi Gardner 1916
Subg. Tellina (Cadella) Dall et al. 1938
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Cadella nuculoides Reeve 1854
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Invalid names: Maera salmonea Carpenter 1864 [synonym]
Cadella semen Hanley 1845
Subg. Tellina (Cyclotellina) Cossmann 1886
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Subg. Tellina (Eurytellina) Fischer 1887
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Eurytellina aequicincta Spieker 1922
Eurytellina cibaoica Maury 1917
Eurytellina lineata Turton 1819
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Invalid names: Tellina dariena Conrad 1855 [synonym], Tellina rowlandi Toula 1908 [synonym]
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Invalid names: Tellina (Eurytellina) panamensis Li 1930 [synonym]
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Invalid names: Tellina (Eurytellina) mantaensis Pilsbry and Olsson 1943 [synonym], Tellina gemma Gould 1853 [synonym], Tellina leucogona Dall 1900 [synonym]
Tellina (Eurytellina) laplata Pilsbry and Olsson 1941
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Invalid names: Tellina (Eurytellina) ecuadoriana Pilsbry and Olsson 1941 [synonym], Tellina simulans Adams 1852 [synonym]
Tellina (Eurytellina) vetula Brown and Pilsbry 1913
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Tellina (Gastranopsis) sumaensis Matsubara et al. 2010
Subg. Tellina (Homalina) Stoliczka 1870
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Homalina stirlingi Tate 1887
Subg. Tellina (Loxoglypta) Dall et al. 1939
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Tellina (Macaliopsis) aequizonata Pilsbry and Olsson 1941
Subg. Tellina (Megangulus) Afshar 1969
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Megangulus maxima Nagao 1928
Megangulus protovenulosa Nomura 1935
Megangulus pulchrus Slodkewitsch 1938
Tellina (Megangulus) kewi Dickerson 1914
Subg. †Tellina (Miratellina) Woodring 1982
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Tellina (Miratellina) aequizonata Pilsbry and Olsson 1941
Subg. Tellina (Moerella) Fischer 1887
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Subg. Moerella (Scissula) Dall 1900
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Scissula iris Say 1822
Scissula similis Sowerby 1806
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Invalid names: Tellina caribaea d'Orbigny 1853 [synonym]
Tellina (Scissula) varilineata Pilsbry and Olsson 1943
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Invalid names: Moerella (Scissula) esmeralda Olsson 1961 [synonym]
Moerella calpix Gardner 1943
Moerella declivis Conrad 1834
Moerella dupliniana Dall 1900
Moerella macilenta Dall 1900
Moerella quasimacoma Hickman 2015
Moerella securiclata Maxwell 1992
Moerella verdevilla Gardner 1943
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Invalid names: Tellina (Angulus) cerrosiana Dall 1900 [synonym]
Tellina (Moerella) colomnbiana Clark and Durham 1946
Tellina (Moerella) petropolitana Stenzel and Krause 1957
Tellina (Moerella) piesa Gardner 1947
Tellina (Moerella) subdonacialis d'Archiac and Haime 1853
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Invalid names: Tellina erythronotus Pilsbry and Lowe 1932 [synonym], Tellina puellula Salisbury 1934 [synonym]
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Invalid names: Tellina (Angulus) panamensis Dall 1900 [replaced]
Subg. Tellina (Nitidotellina) Scarlato 1965
Subg. †Tellina (Olcesia) Addicott 1973
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Subg. †Tellina (Saulella) Zinsmeister 1983
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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]
Tellina actutangula Deshayes 1857
Tellina aequalis Gabb 1869
Tellina albinelloides Tate 1887
Tellina alisoensis Packard 1922
Tellina alta Conrad 1833
Tellina ashburnerii Gabb 1864
Tellina asperrima Hanley 1844
Tellina australis Deshayes 1854
Tellina balaustina Linnaeus 1767
Tellina barrandei Deshayes 1857
Tellina bavarica Winckler 1861
Tellina benedenii Nsyt and Westendorp 1839
Tellina bernayi Deshayes 1857
Tellina beyrichi Deshayes 1857
Tellina brevirostralis Traub 1938
Tellina brimonti Deshayes 1857
Tellina buboana Stephenson 1955
Tellina bullula Deshayes 1857
Tellina burmeisteri Ihering 1907
Tellina cainozoica Tenison Woods 1877
Tellina capsoides Lamarck 1818
Tellina cherokeensis Harris 1919
Tellina clallamensis Reagan 1908
Tellina collustrata Deshayes 1857
Tellina cossmanni Dall 1900
Tellina couvaensis Vokes 1938
Tellina cumana Costa 1829
Tellina cupressensis Russell and Landes 1937
Tellina cynoglossula Harris 1919
Tellina decurtata Gabb 1864
Tellina distans Deshayes 1857
Tellina distorta Poli 1791
Tellina divaricata Dillwyn 1817
Tellina donacilla Wood 1840
Tellina donacina Linnaeus 1767
Tellina dowlingi McLearn 1919
Tellina edentula Giebel 1856
Tellina edwardsi Deshayes 1857
Tellina egena Conrad 1834
Tellina elliptica Brocchi 1814
Tellina equideclivis Nagao 1928
Tellina equilateralis Meek and Hayden 1857
Tellina eugenia Dall 1909
Tellina exarata Sowerby 1840
Tellina fabula Gronovius 1781
Tellina flexuosa Montagu 1803
Tellina fraasi Böhm 1891
Tellina geulemensis Vogel 1895
Tellina gibber Ihering 1907
Tellina hoffmanniana Gabb 1864
Tellina idonea Deshayes 1857
Tellina isonema Meek 1877
Tellina kincaidi Weaver 1912
Tellina lata Gmelin 1788
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Tellina leana praegravis Harris 1919
Tellina leana yeguana Harris 1919
Tellina leana sabotica Harris 1919
Tellina longicallus Scacchi 1836
Tellina luederitzi Böhm 1913
Tellina masinguiensis Clark and Durham 1946
Tellina masoni Tate 1887
Tellina maylandensis Russell and Landes 1937
Tellina merangiana Martin 1922
Tellina merriami Weaver 1912
Tellina minima Deshayes 1857
Tellina modesta Meek 1877
Tellina molengraaffi Martin 1914
Tellina nitida Poli 1791
Tellina palatam Iredale 1929
Tellina panamensis Philippi 1849
Tellina parilis Gabb 1864
Tellina patula Stephenson 1941
Tellina pectorosa Conrad 1848
Tellina perrini Dickerson 1914
Tellina phylloides von Koenen 1897
Tellina pilgrimi Cox 1936
Tellina pinguis Hanley 1844
Tellina pittsburgensis Clark 1925
Tellina planata Linnaeus 1758
Tellina pondicherriensis Forbes 1846
Tellina porrecta Tate 1887
Tellina praecuta Clark 1918
Tellina protostriatula Noetling 1901
Tellina pulchella Lamarck 1818
Tellina pygmaea Loven 1846
Tellina quadrata Gabb 1864
Tellina radiata Linnaeus 1758
Tellina ralphi Finlay 1927
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Invalid names: Tellina aequilatera Tate 1887 [replaced]
Tellina rastella Hanley 1844
Tellina redmondii Gabb 1869
Tellina remies Linnaeus 1758
Tellina remondii Gabb 1864
Tellina ruderata Deshayes 1857
Tellina rugosa Born 1780
Tellina santana Packard 1922
Tellina scandula Conrad 1834
Tellina segregata Dall 1900
Tellina serica Conrad 1848
Tellina serrata Renier 1804
Tellina sillimani Conrad 1846
Tellina soledadensis Hanna 1927
Tellina songoensis Martin 1914
Tellina staurella Lamarck 1818
Tellina subequalis Conrad 1848
Tellina sutterensis Dickerson 1913
Tellina tehachapi Anderson and Hanna 1925
Tellina temperata Aldrich 1911
Tellina tenuis da Costa 1778
Tellina transversa Deshayes 1857
Tellina tricarinata Nagao 1928
Tellina trumani Harris 1897
Tellina truncata Jonas 1843
Tellina vancouverensis Clark and Arnold 1923
Tellina venezuelensis Richards 1943
Tellina verneuili Deshayes 1857
Tellina vicksburgensis Conrad 1848
Tellina virginiana Clark 1895
Tellina williamsi Clark 1895
Tellina wilsoni Anderson and Martin 1914
Tellina woodmanensis Durham 1944
Tellina woodwardi Hislop 1859
Invalid names: Tellina diegoana Conrad 1855 [nomen dubium], Tellina oregonensis Conrad 1848 [nomen dubium]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available