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Tellina

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae

Taxonomy
Tellina was named by Linnaeus (1758) [Sepkoski's age data: T Plio-u R]. It is extant. Its type is Tellina radiata.

It was reranked as Macoma (Tellina) by Toula (1909).

It was assigned to Macoma by Toula (1909); to Cyrenidae by Clark and Arnold (1923); to Tellininae by Moore (1969), Moore (1976), Adegoke (1977), Vokes (1980), Woodring (1982), Squires (1987), Freneix et al. (1988), Perrilliat (1992) and Coan et al. (2000); to Veneroida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Tellinidae by Deshayes (1857), Glenn (1904), Böhm and Weisfermel (1913), Packard (1922), Nagao (1928), Nagao (1928), Oostingh (1935), Russell and Landes (1937), Mukerjee (1939), Gardner (1943), Durham (1944), Gardner (1947), Ward and Blackwelder (1987), Lamprell and Whitehead (1992), Squires (1999), Moore (2003), Schneider et al. (2005), Bouchet et al. (2010) and Morales-Ortega et al. (2016).

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. (Tellina), 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. collustrata, T. cossmanni, T. couvaensis, T. cowlitzensis, 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. euryterma, 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. santarosae, 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
Species lacking formal opinion data
T. aquitanica, T. bellsiana, T. browni, T. carlilana, T. celetes, T. colombiana, T. dinomera, T. estellensis, T. felix, T. frontera, T. gouldia, T. kikaizimana, T. luderitizi, T. multiconcentrica, T. munda, T. pretiosa, T. quihi, T. rollandensis, T. rosa, T. rostralis, T. rostrata, T. scrippensis, T. semipapyra, T. silicata, T. silicata, T. subprotexta, T. subtriangularis, T. townsendsis, T. woodmansensis

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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Invalid names: Tellina nevadensis Anderson and Martin 1914 [synonym]
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Invalid names: Tellina (Peronidia) oregonensis Conrad 1848 [synonym], Tellina clallamensis Reagan 1908 [synonym]
Subg. †Tellina (Saulella) Zinsmeister 1983
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Subg. †Tellina (Tellina) Lamarck 1799
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 collustrata Deshayes 1857
†Tellina cossmanni Dall 1900
†Tellina couvaensis Vokes 1938
†Tellina cowlitzensis Weaver 1916
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 euryterma Gabb 1861
†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 sabotica Harris 1919
†Tellina leana yeguana Harris 1919
†Tellina leana praegravis 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
Measurements
partNmean
height13.00

Composition: aragonitef
Locomotion: facultatively mobileg
Life habit: deep infaunalg
Diet: deposit feederg
Vision: blindc
Comments: LIFE HISTORY: IS, MA, UN, DS according to Todd (2001).g
Created: 2004-02-29 17:08:38
Modified: 2009-10-09 08:59:32
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Anisian to the top of the Holocene or 247.20000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 242.0 Ma

Collections (1552 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Anisian247.2 - 242.0Germany T. sp. (66078 66080)
Anisian247.2 - 242.0Germany (Hessen) T. sp. (38545 66083)
Anisian247.2 - 242.0China (Qinghai) T. qilianshanensis (101024 101044)
Middle Triassic247.2 - 237.0Germany (Sachsen-Anhalt) T. edentula (201970)
Late/Upper Triassic237.0 - 201.4Germany T. bavarica (202142)
Pliensbachian190.8 - 182.7Greenland T. sp. (162082)
Jamesoni189.6 - 183.0Greenland T. sp. (161976)
Oxfordian163.5 - 157.3Ethiopia T. sp. (94588)
Kimmeridgian157.3 - 152.1Tanzania T. sp. (35458)
Early/Lower Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Tanzania T. sp. (35505)
Late/Upper Berriasian - Valanginian145.0 - 132.9Germany T. sp. (95087)
Hauterivian132.9 - 129.4Switzerland T. carteroni (2198 2201)
Hauterivian132.9 - 129.4France T. carteroni (2209)
Hauterivian - Aptian132.9 - 113.0South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands T. sp. (209141)
Barremian129.4 - 125.0Switzerland T. carteroni (2194)
Barremian - Aptian129.4 - 113.0Albania T. multilineata (67437)
Aptian125.0 - 113.0Switzerland T. carteroni (2229)
Aptian - Albian125.0 - 100.5Brazil (Ceará) T. sp. (235052)
Albian113.0 - 100.5Switzerland T. moreana (2167) T. phaseolina (2237)
Albian113.0 - 100.5USA (Kansas) T. sp. (1985 1999 2000 2008 2016 2027 2028 2029 2038 2045 2050 2057)