Tellina
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| Exterior of one valve of Tellina fabula | |
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| Exterior of a valve of Tellina scobinata | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Order: | Cardiida |
| Superfamily: | Tellinoidea |
| Family: | Tellinidae |
| Genus: | Tellina Linnaeus, 1758 |
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Tellina is a widely distributed genus of marine bivalve molluscs, in the family Tellinidae.[1]
Species[edit]
- Tellina agilis Stimpson, 1857: northern dwarf tellin, northern dwarf-tellin : synonym of Ameritella agilis (Stimpson, 1857)
- Tellina alternata Say, 1822: alternate tellin
- Tellina americana Dall, 1900: American tellin
- Tellina amianta Dall, 1900
- Tellina angulosa Gmelin, 1791: angulate tellin
- Tellina bodegensis Hinds, 1845: Bodega tellin
- Tellina candeana D'Orbigny, 1842: cande tellin, wedge tellin
- Tellina carpenteri Dall, 1900: Carpenter tellin
- Tellina cerrosiana Dall, 1900
- Tellina coani Keen, 1971
- Tellina colorata Dall, 1900: tinted tellin
- Tellina consobrina D'Orbigny, 1842: consobrine tellin
- Tellina cristallina Spengler, 1798: crystal tellin
- Tellina cumingii Hanley, 1844
- Tellina diantha Boss, 1964
- Tellina donacina
- Tellina edgari Iredale, 1915
- Tellina elucens Mighels, 1845
- Tellina eugonia Suter, 1913
- Tellina euvitrea Boss, 1964: shiny tellin
- Tellina exerythra Boss, 1964: bloodless tellin
- Tellina fabula Gmelin, 1791
- Tellina fausta Pulteney, 1799: favored tellin
- Tellina flucigera Dall, 1908
- Tellina gaimardi Iredale, 1915: angled wedge shell
- Tellina gibber von Ihering, 1907
- Tellina gouldii Hanley, 1846: cuneate tellin
- Tellina guildingii Hanley, 1844: guilding tellin
- Tellina huttoni E.A. Smith, 1885
- Tellina idae Dall, 1891: Ida tellin
- Tellina inaequistriata Donovan, 1802
- Tellina iris Say, 1822: rainbow tellin
- Tellina juttingae Altena, 1965: jutting tellin
- Tellina laevigata Linnaeus, 1758: smooth tellin
- Tellina lamellata Carpenter, 1855
- Tellina lineata Turton, 1819: rose-petal tellin
- Tellina linguafelis Linnaeus, 1758
- Tellina listeri Röding, 1798: speckled tellin: synonym of Tellinella listeri (Röding, 1798)
- Tellina magna Spengler, 1798: great tellin
- Tellina mera Say, 1834: pure tellin
- Tellina meropsis Dall, 1900: oval tellin
- Tellina modesta Carpenter, 1864: plain tellin
- Tellina nicoyana Hertlein & Strong, 1949
- Tellina nitens C. B. Adams, 1845: shiny dwarf tellin, shiny dwarf-tellin
- Tellina nuculoides Reeve, 1854: salmon tellin
- Tellina oahuana
- Tellina ochracea Carpenter, 1864
- Tellina oligoscissulata Jung, 1969
- Tellina pacifica Dall, 1900
- Tellina paramera Boss, 1964: perfect tellin
- Tellina persica Dall et Simpson, 1901: apricot tellin
- Tellina pristiphora Dall, 1900
- Tellina probina Boss, 1964: slandered tellin
- Tellina proclivis Hertlein et Strong, 1949
- Tellina prora Hanley, 1844
- Tellina punicea Born, 1778: watermelon tellin
- Tellina pygmaea
- Tellina radiata Linnaeus, 1758: sunrise tellin
- Tellina recurvata Hertlein et Strong, 1949
- Tellina rickettsi Coan & Valentich-Scott, 2010
- Tellina rubescens Hanley, 1844
- Tellina sadeghianae Coan & Valentich-Scott, 2010
- Tellina sandix Boss, 1968
- Tellina scobinata Linnaeus, 1758
- Tellina similis J. Sowerby, 1806: candystick tellin
- Tellina simulans C. B. Adams, 1852
- Tellina spenceri Suter, 1907: Spencer's wedge shell
- Tellina squamifera Deshayes, 1855: crenulate tellin
- Tellina suberis Dall, 1900
- Tellina sybaritica Dall, 1881
- Tellina tabogensis Salisbury, 1934
- Tellina tampaensis Conrad, 1866: Tampa tellin
- Tellina tenella A. E. Verrill, 1874: delicate tellin
- Tellina tenuis
- Tellina texana Dall, 1900: say tellin, Texas tellin
- Tellina variegata
- Tellina versicolor DeKay, 1843: many-colored tellin
- Tellina vespuciana (d'Orbigny, 1842): Vespucci tellin
- Tellina virgo Hanley, 1844
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References[edit]
- ^ a b Gofas, S. (2011). Tellina Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138533 on 2012-01-08
- ITIS
- 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.