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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).

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 aquitanica, Tellina bellsiana, Tellina browni, Tellina carlilana, Tellina celetes, Tellina colombiana, Tellina cowlitzensis, Tellina dinomera, Tellina estellensis, Tellina felix, Tellina frontera, Tellina gouldia, Tellina idea, Tellina kikaizimana, Tellina luderitizi, Tellina multiconcentrica, Tellina munda, Tellina pretiosa, Tellina quihi, Tellina rollandensis, Tellina rosa, Tellina rostralis, Tellina rostrata, Tellina scrippensis, Tellina semipapyra, Tellina silicata, Tellina silicata, Tellina subprotexta, Tellina subtriangularis, Tellina townsendsis, Tellina woodmansensis, Tellinella eugonia, 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 15:38:19
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Sanchez Roig 1926, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Maastrichtian to the top of the Holocene or 72.10000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 70.6 Ma

Collections (71 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (California) Tellina n. sp. (144763)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Mexico Tellinella sp. (1372)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Chile Tellinella largillierti (1314)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Tunisia Tellinella arcotensis (1365)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Algeria Tellinella arcotensis (1344)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Madagascar Tellinella arcotensis (1322)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0USA (Maryland) Tellinella sp. (1312)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0India Tellinella arcotensis (1351)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0USA (Georgia) Tellinella sp. (1309)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Belgium Tellinella briarti (22931)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Antarctica (Seymour Island) Tellina reflexa (63549)
Ypresian - Lutetian56.0 - 41.3Antarctica (Seymour Island) Tellina reflexa (63551)
Early/Lower Eocene - Middle Eocene55.8 - 37.71United Kingdom (England) Tellinella sp. (3258)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3United Kingdom (England) Tellina canaliculata (8124 8125)
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71Japan Tellina tricarinata (71014 71016)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0New Zealand Tellinella n. sp. (64741 64750 64751 67590) Tellinella sp. (64739 64740)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0France (Oise) Tellina canaliculata (3494)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0France Tellina canaliculata (78567)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03USA (California) Tellina tenuilineata (72407 72408 122273 219727 219730)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Panama Tellina protera (42558)
Chattian - Aquitanian28.1 - 20.44USA (Florida) Tellina silicata (61047 61072 61100 61111) Tellina silicata, Tellina dira (60985)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97India Tellina hilli, Tellina pseudohilli, Tellina sp. (78641) Tellina pseudohilli, Tellina hilli (72083)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Argentina Tellinella patagonica (71430 71539 71540)
Otaian21.7 - 19.0New Zealand (Auckland) Tellinella ferrari (84915)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97USA (Florida) Tellina chipolana (42272 42367 42443) Tellina chipolana, Tellina strophia (41760)
Altonian19.0 - 15.9New Zealand Tellinella eugonia (67898)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Indonesia Tellina sokkohensis, Tellina retifera (70086)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608New Zealand (Hawke's Bay) Tellinella eugonia (45183)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608India Tellina pseudohilli, Tellina hilli (78614) Tellina sp. (78615)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62USA (Florida) Tellina waltonensis (42892 111204 136943)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Trinidad and Tobago Tellina caroniana (81976)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Indonesia Tellina sumatrana (70083)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Costa Rica (Limon) Tellina rovala (96520)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Panama Tellina rovala (60695) Tellina sp. (60691)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Australia (Western Australia) Tellina sp. (63353)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Panama Tellina rovala (134663)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Egypt Tellina rastellum (101634)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Australia (Western Australia) Tellina virgata (63351)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117French Polynesia Tellinella virgata (194003)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Seychelles Tellinella sp. (80964)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Tellinella sp. (70010)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117Jamaica Tellina listeri (80407 80408)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117Kenya Tellinella sp. (81099 81100)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Turks and Caicos Islands Tellina listeri (209855)