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WoRMS taxon details

Tampaella mera (Say, 1834)

AphiaID

878344 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:878344)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Tampaella M. Huber, Langleit & Kreipl, 2015

Original name

Tellina mera Say, 1834

Synonymised names

Angulus merus (Say, 1834) · unaccepted > superseded combination

Tellina (Angulus) mera Say, 1834 · unaccepted > superseded combination

Tellina (Angulus) promera Dall, 1900 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Tellina mera Say, 1834 · unaccepted > superseded combination

Tellina obtusa G. B. Sowerby II, 1868 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Environment

marine

Original description

Say, T. (1830-1834). American Conchology, or descriptions of the shells of North America. Illustrated by coloured figures from original drawings executed from nature. School Press, New Harmony, Indiana. Part 1: plates 1-10 (1830); Part 2: plates 11-20 (April 1831); Part 3: plates 21-30 (September 1831a); Part 4: plates 31-40 (March 1832); Part 5: plates 41-50 (August 1832); Part 6: plates 51-60 (April 1834); Part 7: plates 61-68 and appendix [1 p.] (1834?, published after Say's death; edited by T. A. Conrad)., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7959266
page(s): pl. 64 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Tampaella mera (Say, 1834). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=878344 on 2026-05-11

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2016-06-04 13:41:28Z

created

Sartori, André F.

2026-01-26 18:40:33Z

changed

Gofas, Serge

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description Say, T. (1830-1834). American Conchology, or descriptions of the shells of North America. Illustrated by coloured figures from original drawings executed from nature. School Press, New Harmony, Indiana. Part 1: plates 1-10 (1830); Part 2: plates 11-20 (April 1831); Part 3: plates 21-30 (September 1831a); Part 4: plates 31-40 (March 1832); Part 5: plates 41-50 (August 1832); Part 6: plates 51-60 (April 1834); Part 7: plates 61-68 and appendix [1 p.] (1834?, published after Say's death; edited by T. A. Conrad)., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7959266
page(s): pl. 64 [details]

original description (of Tellina obtusa G. B. Sowerby II, 1868) Sowerby, G. B. II. (1866-1869). Monograph of the genus Tellina. In: Conchologia iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals, vol. 17: pls 1-58 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London. [stated dates: pls. 2-9, Jul. 1866; 10, Aug. 1866; 11-18, Nov. 1866; 19-26, Mar. 1867; 27-34, Jun. 1867; 35-42, Sept. 1867; 43-44, Mar. 1868; 45, Sept. 1868; 46-54, Oct. 1868; 1, 55-58, Apr. 1869]. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10974885
page(s): Sp. 271 [details]

original description (of Tellina (Angulus) promera Dall, 1900) Dall, W. H. (1900). Synopsis of the family Tellinidae and of the North American species. Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 23 (1210): 285-326, pls 2-4., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7512126
page(s): 296, 312 [details]

basis of record Huber, M.; Langleit, A.; Kreipl, K. (2015). Tellinidae. Pp. 167-297, 564-746. In: M. Huber, Compendium of bivalves 2 A full-color guide to the remaining seven families. A systematic listing of 8,500 bivalve species and 10,500 synonyms. Harxheim: ConchBooks. 907 pp. [details]