Tellina

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Genus of bivalves

title: "Tellina" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["tellinidae", "bivalve-genera"] description: "Genus of bivalves" topic_path: "general/tellinidae" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tellina" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Genus of bivalves ::

| taxon = Tellina | image = Tellina nuculoides.jpg | image_caption = Tellina nuculoides | authority = Linnaeus, 1758 | display_parents = 3 | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = See text. | synonyms =

  • Liotellina P. Fischer, 1887
  • Musculus Mörch, 1853
  • †Tellina (Gastranopsis) Cossmann, 1906
  • Tellina (Liotellina) P. Fischer, 1887
  • †Tellina (Macaliopsis) Cossmann, 1886
  • Tellina (Tellina) Linnaeus, 1758
  • Tellina (Tellinarius) Froriep, 1806
  • Tellinarius Froriep, 1806 | synonyms_ref =

Tellina is a widely distributed genus of marine bivalve molluscs, in the family Tellinidae. It is also known as "tellin" in English.

Species

The following species are recognised in the genus Tellina:

References

  • Powell A W B, New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand, 1979. .
  • Glen Pownall, New Zealand Shells and Shellfish, Seven Seas Publishing Pty Ltd, Wellington, New Zealand, 1979. .
  • Eugene V. Coan & Paul Valentich-Scott. "Three new species of Tellina (Bivalvia, Tellinidae) from the Panamic Province." Zootaxa 2715 (2010): 55-58.

References

  1. "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Tellina Linnaeus, 1758".
  2. "tellin". Oxford University Press.
  3. "Definition of 'tellin'".

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