WoRMS taxon details
Tellinella Mörch, 1853
205541 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:205541)
accepted
Genus
Tellina virgata Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Tellinella virgata (Linnaeus, 1758) (type by subsequent designation)
Liotribella Afshar, 1969 · unaccepted
Tellina (Eutellina) P. Fischer, 1887 · unaccepted (objective synonym)
Tellina (Tellinella) Mörch, 1853 · unaccepted
Tellinarius A. E. Salisbury, 1934 · unaccepted
- Species Tellinella cruciata (Spengler, 1798)
- Species Tellinella crucigera (Lamarck, 1818)
- Species Tellinella cumingii (Hanley, 1844)
- Species Tellinella dissimilis (Deshayes, 1855)
- Species Tellinella listeri (Röding, 1798)
- Species Tellinella mexicana (Petit de la Saussaye, 1841)
- Species Tellinella philippii (R. A. Philippi, 1844)
- Species Tellinella regina (A. E. Salisbury, 1934)
- Species Tellinella severnsi M. Huber, Langleit & Kreipl, 2015
- Species Tellinella strophia (Dall, 1900)
- Species Tellinella tithonia (A. A. Gould, 1850)
- Species Tellinella travancorica (E. A. Smith, 1899)
- Species Tellinella virgata (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Species Tellinella zacae (Hertlein & A. M. Strong, 1949)
- Species Tellinella adamsi [sic] accepted as Pristipagia adamsii (Bertin, 1878) (misspelling)
- Species Tellinella albinella (Lamarck, 1818) accepted as Tellinota albinella (Lamarck, 1818)
- Species Tellinella asperrima (Hanley, 1844) accepted as Scutarcopagia pulcherrima (G. B. Sowerby I, 1825)
- Species Tellinella divergens (Anton, 1838) accepted as Tellinella crucigera (Lamarck, 1818)
- Species Tellinella exculta (Gould, 1851) accepted as Tellinella crucigera (Lamarck, 1818)
- Species Tellinella idae (Dall, 1891) accepted as Idatellina idae (Dall, 1891)
- Species Tellinella incerta (Deshayes, 1855) accepted as Tellinella cruciata (Spengler, 1798)
- Species Tellinella patagiata (Prashad, 1932) accepted as Afsharius patagiatus (Prashad, 1932)
- Species Tellinella pulchella (Lamarck, 1818) accepted as Moerella pulchella (Lamarck, 1818) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Tellinella pulcherrima (G. B. Sowerby I, 1825) accepted as Scutarcopagia pulcherrima (G. B. Sowerby I, 1825)
- Species Tellinella radians (Deshayes, 1855) accepted as Pristipagia radians (Deshayes, 1855) (superseded combination)
- Species Tellinella rastella [sic] accepted as Tellinella rastellum (Hanley, 1844) accepted as Tellinella philippii (R. A. Philippi, 1844) (misspelling)
- Species Tellinella rastellum (Hanley, 1844) accepted as Tellinella philippii (R. A. Philippi, 1844)
- Species Tellinella spengleri (Gmelin, 1791) accepted as Dallitellina rostrata (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Species Tellinella staurella (Lamarck, 1818) accepted as Tellinella cruciata (Spengler, 1798)
- Species Tellinella verrucosa (Hanley, 1844) accepted as Scutarcopagia verrucosa (Hanley, 1844)
marine
Mörch [Mørch], O. A. L. (1852-1853). <i>Catalogus conchyliorum quae reliquit D. Alphonso d'Aguirra & Gadea Comes de Yoldi, Regis Daniae Cubiculariorum Princeps, Ordinis Dannebrogici in Prima Classe & Ordinis Caroli Tertii Eques. Fasc. 1, Cephalophora</i>, 170 pp. [1852]; <i>Fasc. 2, Acephala, Annulata, Cirripedia, Echinodermata</i>, 74 [+2] pp. [1853]. Hafniae [Copenhagen]: L. Klein. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/12921
page(s): 2: 13 [details]
page(s): 2: 13 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Tellinella Mörch, 1853. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=205541 on 2025-07-17
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Nomenclature
original description
Mörch [Mørch], O. A. L. (1852-1853). <i>Catalogus conchyliorum quae reliquit D. Alphonso d'Aguirra & Gadea Comes de Yoldi, Regis Daniae Cubiculariorum Princeps, Ordinis Dannebrogici in Prima Classe & Ordinis Caroli Tertii Eques. Fasc. 1, Cephalophora</i>, 170 pp. [1852]; <i>Fasc. 2, Acephala, Annulata, Cirripedia, Echinodermata</i>, 74 [+2] pp. [1853]. Hafniae [Copenhagen]: L. Klein. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/12921
page(s): 2: 13 [details]
original description (of Tellina (Eutellina) P. Fischer, 1887) Fischer, P. (1880-1887). <i>Manuel de conchyliologie et de paléontologie conchyliologique, ou histoire naturelle des mollusques vivants et fossiles suivi d'un Appendice sur les Brachiopodes par D. P. Oehlert. Avec 23 planches contenant 600 figures dessinées par S. P. Woodward.</i>. Paris: F. Savy. Published in 11 parts (fascicules), xxiv + 1369 pp., 23 pls. [1: 1-112, 21 September 1880; 2: 113-192, 16 March 1881; 3: 193-304, 28 July 1881; 4: 305-416, 5 May 1882; 5: 417-512, 21 February 1883; 6: 513-608, 20 December 1883; 7: 609-688, 30 June 1884; 8: 689-784, 29 January 1885; 9: 785-896, 31 August 1885; 10: 897-1008, 30 April 1886; 11: 1009-1369, 15 June 1887]. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47340
page(s): 1147 [details]
original description (of Liotribella Afshar, 1969) Afshar, F. (1969). Taxonomic revision of the superspecific groups of the Cretaceous and Cenozoic Tellinidae. <em>Memoir of the Geological Society of America.</em> 119: 1-215., available online at http://books.google.com/books?id=BH4VVvj-zyAC
page(s): 25 [details]
page(s): 2: 13 [details]
original description (of Tellina (Eutellina) P. Fischer, 1887) Fischer, P. (1880-1887). <i>Manuel de conchyliologie et de paléontologie conchyliologique, ou histoire naturelle des mollusques vivants et fossiles suivi d'un Appendice sur les Brachiopodes par D. P. Oehlert. Avec 23 planches contenant 600 figures dessinées par S. P. Woodward.</i>. Paris: F. Savy. Published in 11 parts (fascicules), xxiv + 1369 pp., 23 pls. [1: 1-112, 21 September 1880; 2: 113-192, 16 March 1881; 3: 193-304, 28 July 1881; 4: 305-416, 5 May 1882; 5: 417-512, 21 February 1883; 6: 513-608, 20 December 1883; 7: 609-688, 30 June 1884; 8: 689-784, 29 January 1885; 9: 785-896, 31 August 1885; 10: 897-1008, 30 April 1886; 11: 1009-1369, 15 June 1887]. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47340
page(s): 1147 [details]
original description (of Liotribella Afshar, 1969) Afshar, F. (1969). Taxonomic revision of the superspecific groups of the Cretaceous and Cenozoic Tellinidae. <em>Memoir of the Geological Society of America.</em> 119: 1-215., available online at http://books.google.com/books?id=BH4VVvj-zyAC
page(s): 25 [details]
Taxonomy
status source
Huber, M.; Langleit, A.; Kreipl, K. (2015). Tellinidae. Pp. 167-297 In: M. Huber, <i>Compendium of bivalves</i> 2. Harxheim: ConchBooks. 907 pp. [details]
Other
context source (PeRMS)
Paredes, C.; Cardoso, F.; Santamaría, J.; Esplana, J.; Llaja, L. (2016). Lista anotada de los bivalvos marinos del Perú. <em>Revista peruana de biología.</em> 23(2), 127-150., available online at http://www.scielo.org.pe/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1727-99332016000200006 [details]
additional source Boss, K. J. (1969). The subfamily Tellininae in South African waters. <em>Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College.</em> 138: 81-162., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4631378
page(s): 89-90 [details]
subsequent type designation Stoliczka, F. (1870-1871). The Pelecypoda, with a review of all known genera of this class, fossil and recent. In: T. Oldham, <i>Paleontologia Indica, being figures and descriptions of the organic remains procured during the progress of the Geological Survey of India. Cretaceous Fauna of Southern India. Volume 3</i>. <em>Memoirs of the Geological Survey of India, Calcutta.</em> i-xxii, 1-537, pls 1-50 [pp. 1-222, pl. 1-12 - 1870; pp. i-xxii, 223—537, pl. 23-50 - 1871]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/110955
page(s): 116 [details]
additional source Boss, K. J. (1969). The subfamily Tellininae in South African waters. <em>Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College.</em> 138: 81-162., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4631378
page(s): 89-90 [details]
subsequent type designation Stoliczka, F. (1870-1871). The Pelecypoda, with a review of all known genera of this class, fossil and recent. In: T. Oldham, <i>Paleontologia Indica, being figures and descriptions of the organic remains procured during the progress of the Geological Survey of India. Cretaceous Fauna of Southern India. Volume 3</i>. <em>Memoirs of the Geological Survey of India, Calcutta.</em> i-xxii, 1-537, pls 1-50 [pp. 1-222, pl. 1-12 - 1870; pp. i-xxii, 223—537, pl. 23-50 - 1871]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/110955
page(s): 116 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
