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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) and Moore (2003).

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

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