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Tellina agilis W. Stimpson, 1858
157002 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:157002)
unaccepted > superseded combination
Species
marine
Stimpson, W. (1858). Scientific Intelligence - Botany and Zoology. <em>The American Journal of Science and Arts.</em> 25:124-126., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27560147
page(s): p. 125 (in text) [details]
page(s): p. 125 (in text) [details]
Taxonomy Nom. nov. pro Tellina tenera Say, 1822 (non-Schrank, 1803)
Distribution Gulf of St. Lawrence to Georgia
Taxonomy Nom. nov. pro Tellina tenera Say, 1822 (non-Schrank, 1803) [details]
Distribution Gulf of St. Lawrence to Georgia
Distribution Gulf of St. Lawrence to Georgia [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Tellina agilis W. Stimpson, 1858. Accessed at: https://molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=157002 on 2025-09-11
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Stimpson, W. (1858). Scientific Intelligence - Botany and Zoology. <em>The American Journal of Science and Arts.</em> 25:124-126., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27560147
page(s): p. 125 (in text) [details]
basis of record Gosner, K. L. (1971). Guide to identification of marine and estuarine invertebrates: Cape Hatteras to the Bay of Fundy. <em>John Wiley & Sons, Inc., London.</em> 693 pp. [pdf copepod and branchiuran :445-455]. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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additional source Linkletter, L. E. (1977). A checklist of marine fauna and flora of the Bay of Fundy. <em>Huntsman Marine Laboratory, St. Andrews, N.B.</em> 68: p. [details]
additional source Trott, T. J. (2004). Cobscook Bay inventory: a historical checklist of marine invertebrates spanning 162 years. <em>Northeastern Naturalist.</em> 11, 261-324., available online at http://www.gulfofmaine.org/kb/files/9793/TROTT-Cobscook%20List.pdf [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Gilbert, W. H. & Suchow, E. F. (1977). Predation by winter flounder (<i>Pseudopleuronectes americanus</i>) on the siphons of the clam, <i>Tellina agilis</i>. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 91(1): 16-17, fig. 1., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8273501 [details]
additional source Turgeon, D., Quinn, J. F., Bogan, A. E., Coan, E. V., Hochberg, F. G., Lyons, W. G., Mikkelsen, P. M., Neves, R. J., Roper, C. F. E., Rosenberg, G., Roth, B., Scheltema, A., Thompson, F. G., Vecchione, M., Williams, J. D. (1998). Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: mollusks. 2nd ed. <i>American Fisheries Society Special Publication</i>, 26. American Fisheries Society: Bethesda, MD (USA). ISBN 1-888569-01-8. IX, 526 + cd-rom pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
page(s): p. 125 (in text) [details]
basis of record Gosner, K. L. (1971). Guide to identification of marine and estuarine invertebrates: Cape Hatteras to the Bay of Fundy. <em>John Wiley & Sons, Inc., London.</em> 693 pp. [pdf copepod and branchiuran :445-455]. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Linkletter, L. E. (1977). A checklist of marine fauna and flora of the Bay of Fundy. <em>Huntsman Marine Laboratory, St. Andrews, N.B.</em> 68: p. [details]
additional source Trott, T. J. (2004). Cobscook Bay inventory: a historical checklist of marine invertebrates spanning 162 years. <em>Northeastern Naturalist.</em> 11, 261-324., available online at http://www.gulfofmaine.org/kb/files/9793/TROTT-Cobscook%20List.pdf [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Gilbert, W. H. & Suchow, E. F. (1977). Predation by winter flounder (<i>Pseudopleuronectes americanus</i>) on the siphons of the clam, <i>Tellina agilis</i>. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 91(1): 16-17, fig. 1., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8273501 [details]
additional source Turgeon, D., Quinn, J. F., Bogan, A. E., Coan, E. V., Hochberg, F. G., Lyons, W. G., Mikkelsen, P. M., Neves, R. J., Roper, C. F. E., Rosenberg, G., Roth, B., Scheltema, A., Thompson, F. G., Vecchione, M., Williams, J. D. (1998). Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: mollusks. 2nd ed. <i>American Fisheries Society Special Publication</i>, 26. American Fisheries Society: Bethesda, MD (USA). ISBN 1-888569-01-8. IX, 526 + cd-rom pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
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Taxonomy Nom. nov. pro Tellina tenera Say, 1822 (non-Schrank, 1803) [details]Unreviewed
Dimensions reaches 2 cm in size [details]Distribution Gulf of St. Lawrence to Georgia [details]
Habitat intertidal, infralittoral and circalittoral of the Gulf and estuary [details]
Reproduction separate sexes, usually not dimorphic in shell structure; fertilization occurs within the mantle cavity anf young hatch as pelagic larvae (generalized for group) [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | northern dwarf-tellinnorthern dwarf tellin | [details] |
| French | telline naine du nord | [details] |
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