original description(ofTellina (Elliptotellina) Cossmann, 1886)Cossmann M. (1886-1913). Catalogue illustré des coquilles fossiles de l'Eocène des environs de Paris. <em>Annales de la Société Royale Malacologique de Belgique.</em> Part 1: vol. 21 [1886]. Part 2: vol. 22 [1887]. Part 3: vol. 23 [1888]. Part 4: vol. 24 [1889]. Part 5 + Suppl. : vol. 26 [1892]., available online athttp://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5635834 page(s): part 1, p.71 [details]
original description(ofAscitellina Marwick, 1928)Marwick, J. (1928). The Tertiary Mollusca of the Chatham Islands, including a generic review of the New Zealand Pectinidae. <em>Transactions of the New Zealand Institute.</em> 58: 431-506. page(s): 467 [details]
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