Tellina

Tellina
Tellina nuculoides
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Cardiida
Superfamily: Tellinoidea
Family: Tellinidae
Genus: Tellina
Linnaeus, 1758
Species

See text.

Synonyms[1]
List
  • Liotellina P. Fischer, 1887
  • Musculus Mörch, 1853
  • †Tellina (Gastranopsis) Cossmann, 1906
  • Tellina (Liotellina) P. Fischer, 1887
  • †Tellina (Macaliopsis) Cossmann, 1886
  • Tellina (Tellina) Linnaeus, 1758
  • Tellina (Tellinarius) Froriep, 1806
  • Tellinarius Froriep, 1806

Tellina is a widely distributed genus of marine bivalve molluscs, in the family Tellinidae.[1] It is also known as "tellin" in English.[2][3]

Species

The following species are recognised in the genus Tellina:[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Tellina Linnaeus, 1758". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2024-08-01.
  2. ^ "tellin". Oxford English Dictionary. Oxford University Press. Retrieved October 14, 2024.
  3. ^ "Definition of 'tellin'". Collins Dictionary. Retrieved October 14, 2024.
  • Powell A W B, New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand, 1979. ISBN 0-00-216906-1.
  • Glen Pownall, New Zealand Shells and Shellfish, Seven Seas Publishing Pty Ltd, Wellington, New Zealand, 1979. ISBN 978-0-85467-054-3.
  • Eugene V. Coan & Paul Valentich-Scott. "Three new species of Tellina (Bivalvia, Tellinidae) from the Panamic Province." Zootaxa 2715 (2010): 55-58.