WoRMS name details
Tellina (Tellina) Linnaeus, 1758
746860 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:746860)
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Subgenus
Tellina radiata Linnaeus, 1758 (type by subsequent designation)
- Species Tellina (Tellina) petitiana A. d'Orbigny, 1845 accepted as Ardeamya petitiana (A. d'Orbigny, 1845)
- Species Tellina (Tellina) brasiliana Spengler, 1798 represented as Tellina brasiliana Spengler, 1798
- Species Tellina (Tellina) iheringi Dall, 1900 represented as Tellina iheringi Dall, 1900
- Species Tellina (Tellina) radiata Linnaeus, 1758 represented as Tellina radiata Linnaeus, 1758
marine, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
(of Tellina Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. <em>Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae.</em> , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors [request]
Taxonomy In the most restricted sense, the genus Tellina comprises a small number of Western Atlantic species related to the type...
Taxonomy In the most restricted sense, the genus Tellina comprises a small number of Western Atlantic species related to the type Tellina radiata. Otherwise the generic name is widely used as a catchall for a large number of species belonging to the subfamily Tellininae and distributed worldwide, which are in need of taxonomic revision. [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Tellina (Tellina) Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=746860 on 2024-04-23
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(of Tellina Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. <em>Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae.</em> , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors [request]
basis of record Boss K.J. 1966. The subfamily Tellininae in the Western Atlantic. The genus <i>Tellina</i> (I). <i>Johnsonia</i>, 4(45): 217-272, available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41113671
page(s): 234 [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): 95 [details]
basis of record Boss K.J. 1966. The subfamily Tellininae in the Western Atlantic. The genus <i>Tellina</i> (I). <i>Johnsonia</i>, 4(45): 217-272, available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41113671
page(s): 234 [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): 95 [details]
From editor or global species database
Taxonomy In the most restricted sense, the genus Tellina comprises a small number of Western Atlantic species related to the type Tellina radiata. Otherwise the generic name is widely used as a catchall for a large number of species belonging to the subfamily Tellininae and distributed worldwide, which are in need of taxonomic revision. [details]