WoRMS taxon details
Strigilla W. Turton, 1822
138532 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138532)
accepted
Genus
Tellina carnaria Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Strigilla carnaria (Linnaeus, 1758) (type by subsequent designation)
Aeretica Dall, 1900 · unaccepted
Pisostrigilla Olsson, 1961 · unaccepted > superseded rank
Roemerilla Afshar, 1969 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Rombergia Dall, 1900 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Simplistrigilla Olsson, 1961 · unaccepted > superseded rank
Strigilla (Aeretica) Dall, 1900 · alternative representation
Strigilla (Pisostrigilla) Olsson, 1961 · alternative representation
Strigilla (Roemerilla) Afshar, 1969 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Strigilla (Rombergia) Dall, 1900 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Strigilla (Simplistrigilla) Olsson, 1961 · alternative representation
Strigilla (Strigilla) W. Turton, 1822 · alternative representation
Tellina (Strigilla) W. Turton, 1822 · unaccepted
- Species Strigilla carnaria (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Species Strigilla chroma A. E. Salisbury, 1934
- Species Strigilla cicercula (R. A. Philippi, 1846)
- Species Strigilla cyrenoidea (Hanley, 1844)
- Species Strigilla densestriata Preston, 1908
- Species Strigilla dichotoma (R. A. Philippi, 1846)
- Species Strigilla elegans M. Huber, Langleit & Kreipl, 2015
- Species Strigilla ervilia (R. A. Philippi, 1846)
- Species Strigilla euronia Hedley, 1908
- Species Strigilla gabbi Olsson & McGinty, 1958
- Species Strigilla grasi M. Huber, Langleit & Kreipl, 2015
- Species Strigilla grossiana Hedley, 1908
- Species Strigilla interrupta Mörch, 1860
- Species Strigilla mirabilis (R. A. Philippi, 1841)
- Species Strigilla pisiformis (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Species Strigilla producta Tryon, 1870
- Species Strigilla pseudocarnaria Boss, 1969
- Species Strigilla serrata Mörch, 1860
- Species Strigilla sincera (Hanley, 1844)
- Species Strigilla splendida (Anton, 1838)
- Species Strigilla surinamensis Boss, 1972
- Species Strigilla tomlini E. A. Smith, 1915
- Species Strigilla elegantissima Bertin, 1878 (uncertain > nomen dubium)
- Subgenus Strigilla (Roemerilla) Afshar, 1969 accepted as Strigilla W. Turton, 1822 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Strigilla (Roemerilla) cicercula (R. A. Philippi, 1846) accepted as Strigilla (Strigilla) cicercula (R. A. Philippi, 1846) represented as Strigilla cicercula (R. A. Philippi, 1846) (subgenus is synonym)
- Subgenus Strigilla (Rombergia) Dall, 1900 accepted as Strigilla W. Turton, 1822 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Strigilla (Rombergia) rombergii Mörch, 1853 accepted as Strigilla carnaria (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Strigilla costulifera Mörch, 1860 accepted as Strigilla dichotoma (R. A. Philippi, 1846)
- Species Strigilla disjuncta P. P. Carpenter, 1856 accepted as Strigilla sincera (Hanley, 1844) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Strigilla flexuosa (Say, 1822) accepted as Strigilla mirabilis (R. A. Philippi, 1841) (unaccepted > junior homonym, of Tellina flexuosa Montagu, 1803)
- Species Strigilla magna Mörch, 1860 accepted as Strigilla cicercula (R. A. Philippi, 1846)
- Species Strigilla panamensis Olsson, 1961 accepted as Strigilla interrupta Mörch, 1860
- Species Strigilla polyaulax Tomlin & Shackleford, 1915 accepted as Strigilla splendida (Anton, 1838) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Strigilla rombergii Mörch, 1853 accepted as Strigilla carnaria (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Strigilla strata Olsson, 1961 accepted as Strigilla serrata Mörch, 1860
- Species Strigilla trotteriana G. B. Sowerby III, 1894 accepted as Iacra trotteriana (G. B. Sowerby III, 1894) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Subgenus Strigilla (Aeretica) Dall, 1900 represented as Strigilla W. Turton, 1822
- Species Strigilla (Aeretica) polyaulax Tomlin & Shackleford, 1915 accepted as Strigilla splendida (Anton, 1838) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Strigilla (Aeretica) cyrenoidea (Hanley, 1844) represented as Strigilla cyrenoidea (Hanley, 1844)
- Species Strigilla (Aeretica) densestriata Preston, 1908 represented as Strigilla densestriata Preston, 1908
- Species Strigilla (Aeretica) euronia Hedley, 1908 represented as Strigilla euronia Hedley, 1908
- Species Strigilla (Aeretica) grasi M. Huber, Langleit & Kreipl, 2015 represented as Strigilla grasi M. Huber, Langleit & Kreipl, 2015
- Species Strigilla (Aeretica) splendida (Anton, 1838) represented as Strigilla splendida (Anton, 1838)
- Species Strigilla (Aeretica) tomlini E. A. Smith, 1915 represented as Strigilla tomlini E. A. Smith, 1915
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
feminine
Turton, W. (1822). Conchylia insularum britannicarum. London: Nattali, and Leicester: Combe. xlvii + 280 pp., 20 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10982454#page/9/mode/1up
page(s): xvi, 177 [details]
page(s): xvi, 177 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Strigilla W. Turton, 1822. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138532 on 2026-02-08
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Nomenclature
original description
Turton, W. (1822). Conchylia insularum britannicarum. London: Nattali, and Leicester: Combe. xlvii + 280 pp., 20 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10982454#page/9/mode/1up
page(s): xvi, 177 [details]
original description (of Strigilla (Pisostrigilla) Olsson, 1961) Olsson, A. A. (1961). Mollusks of the tropical eastern Pacific, particularly from the southern half of the Panamic-Pacific faunal province (Panama to Peru). Panamic-Pacific Pelecypoda. Paleontological Research Institution, Ithaca. 574 pp, 86 pl., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/29909
page(s): 390 [details]
original description (of Strigilla (Simplistrigilla) Olsson, 1961) Olsson, A. A. (1961). Mollusks of the tropical eastern Pacific, particularly from the southern half of the Panamic-Pacific faunal province (Panama to Peru). Panamic-Pacific Pelecypoda. Paleontological Research Institution, Ithaca. 574 pp, 86 pl., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/29909
page(s): 390 [details]
original description (of Strigilla (Aeretica) Dall, 1900) Dall, W. H. (1890-1903). Contributions to the Tertiary fauna of Florida with especial reference to the Miocene silex-beds of Tampa and the Pliocene beds of the Caloosahatchie River. <em>Transactions of the Wagner Free Institute of Science.</em> 3(1): 1-200 [1890]; 3(2): 201-474 [1892]; 3(3): 475-570, and plates for part 1: pp. 179-190, pl. 1-12; plates for part 2: pp. 449-458, pl. 13-22 [1895]; 3(4): [i]-viii, 571-948, pl. 23-35; [1898]; 3(5): 949-1218, pl. 36-47 [1900]; 3(6): [i]-xiv, 1219-1654, pl. 48-60 [27 October1903]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/98240
page(s): 1038 [details]
original description (of Strigilla (Rombergia) Dall, 1900) Dall, W. H. (1890-1903). Contributions to the Tertiary fauna of Florida with especial reference to the Miocene silex-beds of Tampa and the Pliocene beds of the Caloosahatchie River. <em>Transactions of the Wagner Free Institute of Science.</em> 3(1): 1-200 [1890]; 3(2): 201-474 [1892]; 3(3): 475-570, and plates for part 1: pp. 179-190, pl. 1-12; plates for part 2: pp. 449-458, pl. 13-22 [1895]; 3(4): [i]-viii, 571-948, pl. 23-35; [1898]; 3(5): 949-1218, pl. 36-47 [1900]; 3(6): [i]-xiv, 1219-1654, pl. 48-60 [27 October1903]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/98240
page(s): 1038 [details]
original description (of Strigilla (Roemerilla) Afshar, 1969) Afshar, F. (1969). Taxonomic revision of the superspecific groups of the Cretaceous and Cenozoic Tellinidae. <em>Memoir of the Geological Society of America.</em> 119: 1-215., available online at http://books.google.com/books?id=BH4VVvj-zyAC
page(s): 67 [details]
basis of record Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details]
basis of record Keen A.M. 1969. Superfamily Tellinacea. Pp. N613-N643, <i>In</i> R.C. Moore (ed.), Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part N: Mollusca 6, Bivalvia. Geological Society of America and University of Kansas Press, Lawrence.
page(s): N621-N622 [details]
basis of record Coan, E. V.; Valentich-Scott, P. (2012). Bivalve seashells of tropical West America. Marine bivalve mollusks from Baja California to northern Peru. 2 vols, 1258 pp.
page(s): 619 [details]
page(s): xvi, 177 [details]
original description (of Strigilla (Pisostrigilla) Olsson, 1961) Olsson, A. A. (1961). Mollusks of the tropical eastern Pacific, particularly from the southern half of the Panamic-Pacific faunal province (Panama to Peru). Panamic-Pacific Pelecypoda. Paleontological Research Institution, Ithaca. 574 pp, 86 pl., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/29909
page(s): 390 [details]
original description (of Strigilla (Simplistrigilla) Olsson, 1961) Olsson, A. A. (1961). Mollusks of the tropical eastern Pacific, particularly from the southern half of the Panamic-Pacific faunal province (Panama to Peru). Panamic-Pacific Pelecypoda. Paleontological Research Institution, Ithaca. 574 pp, 86 pl., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/29909
page(s): 390 [details]
original description (of Strigilla (Aeretica) Dall, 1900) Dall, W. H. (1890-1903). Contributions to the Tertiary fauna of Florida with especial reference to the Miocene silex-beds of Tampa and the Pliocene beds of the Caloosahatchie River. <em>Transactions of the Wagner Free Institute of Science.</em> 3(1): 1-200 [1890]; 3(2): 201-474 [1892]; 3(3): 475-570, and plates for part 1: pp. 179-190, pl. 1-12; plates for part 2: pp. 449-458, pl. 13-22 [1895]; 3(4): [i]-viii, 571-948, pl. 23-35; [1898]; 3(5): 949-1218, pl. 36-47 [1900]; 3(6): [i]-xiv, 1219-1654, pl. 48-60 [27 October1903]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/98240
page(s): 1038 [details]
original description (of Strigilla (Rombergia) Dall, 1900) Dall, W. H. (1890-1903). Contributions to the Tertiary fauna of Florida with especial reference to the Miocene silex-beds of Tampa and the Pliocene beds of the Caloosahatchie River. <em>Transactions of the Wagner Free Institute of Science.</em> 3(1): 1-200 [1890]; 3(2): 201-474 [1892]; 3(3): 475-570, and plates for part 1: pp. 179-190, pl. 1-12; plates for part 2: pp. 449-458, pl. 13-22 [1895]; 3(4): [i]-viii, 571-948, pl. 23-35; [1898]; 3(5): 949-1218, pl. 36-47 [1900]; 3(6): [i]-xiv, 1219-1654, pl. 48-60 [27 October1903]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/98240
page(s): 1038 [details]
original description (of Strigilla (Roemerilla) Afshar, 1969) Afshar, F. (1969). Taxonomic revision of the superspecific groups of the Cretaceous and Cenozoic Tellinidae. <em>Memoir of the Geological Society of America.</em> 119: 1-215., available online at http://books.google.com/books?id=BH4VVvj-zyAC
page(s): 67 [details]
basis of record Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details]
basis of record Keen A.M. 1969. Superfamily Tellinacea. Pp. N613-N643, <i>In</i> R.C. Moore (ed.), Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part N: Mollusca 6, Bivalvia. Geological Society of America and University of Kansas Press, Lawrence.
page(s): N621-N622 [details]
basis of record Coan, E. V.; Valentich-Scott, P. (2012). Bivalve seashells of tropical West America. Marine bivalve mollusks from Baja California to northern Peru. 2 vols, 1258 pp.
page(s): 619 [details]
Other
context source (PeRMS)
Paredes, C.; Cardoso, F.; Santamaría, J.; Esplana, J.; Llaja, L. (2016). Lista anotada de los bivalvos marinos del Perú. <em>Revista peruana de biología.</em> 23(2), 127-150., available online at http://www.scielo.org.pe/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1727-99332016000200006 [details]
additional source Boss, K. J. (1969). The subfamily Tellininae in the Western Atlantic. The genus <i>Strigilla</i>. <em>Johnsonia.</em> 4 (47): 345-366., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41113799 [details]
additional source Korobkov, I.A. (1954). Справочник и методическое руководство по третичным моллюскам: пластинчатожаберные [= A handbook and methodical guide to Tertiary molluscs: Lamellibranchiata]. Gosudarstvennoye nauchno-tekhnicheskoye izdatel'stvo neftyanoy i gorno-toplivnoy literatury, Leningrad, 444 pp., available online at https://www.geokniga.org/books/6177
page(s): 98 [details]
subsequent type designation Gray, J. E. (1847). A list of the genera of recent Mollusca, their synonyms and types. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> (1847) 15: 129-219. [November 1847]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12862913
page(s): 186 [details]
additional source Boss, K. J. (1969). The subfamily Tellininae in the Western Atlantic. The genus <i>Strigilla</i>. <em>Johnsonia.</em> 4 (47): 345-366., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41113799 [details]
additional source Korobkov, I.A. (1954). Справочник и методическое руководство по третичным моллюскам: пластинчатожаберные [= A handbook and methodical guide to Tertiary molluscs: Lamellibranchiata]. Gosudarstvennoye nauchno-tekhnicheskoye izdatel'stvo neftyanoy i gorno-toplivnoy literatury, Leningrad, 444 pp., available online at https://www.geokniga.org/books/6177
page(s): 98 [details]
subsequent type designation Gray, J. E. (1847). A list of the genera of recent Mollusca, their synonyms and types. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> (1847) 15: 129-219. [November 1847]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12862913
page(s): 186 [details]
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