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Tellina

Cladus: Eukaryota
Supergroup: Opisthokonta
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Spiralia
Cladus: Lophotrochozoa
Phylum: Mollusca
Classis: Bivalvia
Subclassis: Heterodonta
Ordo: Veneroida
Superfamilia: Tellinoidea
Familia: Tellinidae
Genus: Tellina
Species: T. aequistriata - T. agilis - T. alerta - T. alternata - T. americana - T. amianta - T. angulosa - T. bodegensis - T. candeana - T. carpenteri - T. cerrosiana - T. coani - T. colorata - T. consobrina - T. cristallina - T. cumingii - T. diantha - T. donacina - T. elucens - T. euvitrea - T. exerythra - T. fabula - T. fausta - T. flucigera - T. gibber - †T. gibbsonensis - T. gouldii - T. guildingii - T. idae - T. inaequistriata - T. iris - T. juttingae - T. laevigata - T. lamellata - T. lineata - T. listeri - T. lutea - T. magna - T. martinicensis - T. mera - T. meropsis - T. modesta - T. nitens - T. nuculoides - T. oahuana - T. ochracea - T. pacifica - T. paramera - T. persica - T. pristiphora - T. probina - T. proclivis - T. prora - T. punicea - T. pygmaea - T. radiata - T. reclusa - T. recurvata - T. rubescens - T. sandix - T. similis - T. simulans - T. squamifera - T. sybaritica - T. tabogensis - T. tampaensis - T. tenella - T. tenuis - T. texana - T. variegata - T. versicolor - T. vespuciana - T. virgo

Name

Tellina Linnaeus, 1758

References

* Van Winkle, K. E. H. 1918 "Paleontology of the Oligocene of the Chehalis Valley, Washington" University of Washington publications in geology 1(2)

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Tellina is a widely distributed genus of marine bivalve molluscs, in the family Tellinidae.

Species

* Tellina aequistriata Say, 1824: striate tellin
* Tellina agilis Stimpson, 1857: northern dwarf tellin, northern dwarf-tellin
* Tellina alerta Boss, 1964
* 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 charlottae E.A. Smith, 1885
* 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 listeri Röding, 1798: speckled tellin
* Tellina magna Spengler, 1798: great tellin
* Tellina martinicensis D'Orbigny, 1842: Martinique tellin
* Tellina mera Say, 1834: pure tellin
* Tellina meropsis Dall, 1900: oval tellin
* Tellina modesta (Carpenter, 1864): plain tellin
* 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 pacifica Dall, 1900
* Tellina paramera Boss, 1964: perfect tellin
* Tellina persica Dall and Simpson, 1901: apricot tellin
* Tellina pristiphora Dall, 1900
* Tellina probina Boss, 1964: slandered tellin
* Tellina proclivis Hertlein and Strong, 1949
* Tellina prora Hanley, 1844
* Tellina punicea Born, 1778: watermelon tellin
* Tellina pygmaea
* Tellina radiata Linnaeus, 1758: sunrise tellin
* Tellina reclusa Dall, 1900
* Tellina recurvata Hertlein and Strong, 1949
* Tellina rubescens Hanley, 1844
* Tellina sandix Boss, 1968
* 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 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

* 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 854670548.

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