MolluscaBase - Tellina (Macomopsis) elliptica Brocchi, 1814 †

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Tellina (Macomopsis) elliptica Brocchi, 1814 †

AphiaID

1729437 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1729437)

Classification

Status

unaccepted > superseded combination

Accepted name

Macomopsis elliptica (Brocchi, 1814) †

Rank

Species

Parent

Tellina (Macomopsis) Sacco, 1901 accepted as Macomopsis Sacco, 1901

Original name

Tellina elliptica Brocchi, 1814 †

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Variety Tellina (Macomopsis) elliptica var. parvobrevis Sacco, 1901 † accepted as Macomopsis parvobrevis (Sacco, 1901) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Variety Tellina (Macomopsis) elliptica var. parvovata Sacco, 1901 † (uncertain > unassessed)

Environment

marine, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

fossil only

Original description

(of Tellina elliptica Brocchi, 1814 †) Brocchi, G. B. (1814). <i>Conchiologia fossile subapennina con osservazioni geologiche sugli Apennini e sul suolo adiacente. Tomo primo</i>. pp. 1-56, I-LXXV, 1-240. Milano, Stamperia Reale., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12001697
page(s): 513, pl. 12, fig. 7 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Tellina (Macomopsis) elliptica Brocchi, 1814 †. Accessed at: https://molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1729437 on 2025-09-11

Taxonomic edit history

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2024-01-15 20:04:41Z

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Bouchet, Philippe

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Sources (2)

original description (of Tellina elliptica Brocchi, 1814 †) Brocchi, G. B. (1814). <i>Conchiologia fossile subapennina con osservazioni geologiche sugli Apennini e sul suolo adiacente. Tomo primo</i>. pp. 1-56, I-LXXV, 1-240. Milano, Stamperia Reale., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12001697
page(s): 513, pl. 12, fig. 7 [details]

basis of record Sacco, F. (1901). I molluschi dei terreni terziarii del Piemonte e della Liguria. Parte XXIX. (Donacidae, Psammobiidae, Solenidae, Mesodesmidae, Mactridae, Cardiidae, Myidae, Corbulidae, Glycymeridae, Gastrochaenidae, Pholadidae, Teredinidae, Cryptodontidae, Ungulinidae (Diplodontidae), Lucinidae, Tellinidae, Scrobiculariidae, Cuspidariidae, Solenomyidae, Pandoridae, Verticordiidae, Lyonsiidae, Ceromyidae, Arcomyidae, Anatinidae, Poromyidae, Pholadomyidae e Clavagellidae). Carlo Clausen, Torino, 216 pp., 29 pl., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47316
page(s): 107, pl. 22 figs 36-40 [details]