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Tellina (Tellina) Linnaeus, 1758
746860 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:746860)
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Subgenus
Tellina radiata Linnaeus, 1758 (type by subsequent designation)
- Species Tellina (Tellina) aragonia Dall, 1909 † accepted as Tellina aragonia Dall, 1909 † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Tellina (Tellina) argis Olsson, 1971 accepted as Tellinella zacae (Hertlein & A. M. Strong, 1949) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Tellina (Tellina) petitiana A. d'Orbigny, 1846 accepted as Ardeamya petitiana (A. d'Orbigny, 1846)
- Species Tellina (Tellina) rostralina Deshayes, 1825 † accepted as Tellina rostralina Deshayes, 1825 † accepted as Tellinella rostralina (Deshayes, 1825) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Tellina (Tellina) rostralis Lamarck, 1806 † accepted as Tellinella rostralis (Lamarck, 1806) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Tellina (Tellina) saucatsensis Benoist, 1910 † accepted as Laciolina saucatsensis (Benoist, 1910) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Tellina (Tellina) serrata Brocchi, 1814 accepted as Serratina serrata (Brocchi, 1814) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Tellina (Tellina) brasiliana L. Spengler, 1798 represented as Tellina brasiliana L. Spengler, 1798
- Species Tellina (Tellina) iheringi Dall, 1900 represented as Tellina iheringi Dall, 1900
- Species Tellina (Tellina) radiata Linnaeus, 1758 represented as Tellina radiata Linnaeus, 1758
- Species Tellina (Tellina) exdubia Sacco, 1891 † (uncertain > unassessed)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
(of Tellina Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors 
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Taxonomy In the most restricted sense, the genus Tellina comprises a small number of Western Atlantic species related to the type...
Taxonomy In the most restricted sense, the genus Tellina comprises a small number of Western Atlantic species related to the type Tellina radiata. Otherwise the generic name is widely used as a catchall for a large number of species belonging to the subfamily Tellininae and distributed worldwide, which are in need of taxonomic revision. [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Tellina (Tellina) Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed at: https://molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=746860 on 2025-09-10
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(of Tellina Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors [request]
basis of record Boss K.J. 1966. The subfamily Tellininae in the Western Atlantic. The genus <i>Tellina</i> (I). <i>Johnsonia</i>, 4(45): 217-272, available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41113671
page(s): 234 [details]
additional source Korobkov, I.A. (1954). Справочник и методическое руководство по третичным моллюскам: пластинчатожаберные [= A handbook and methodical guide to Tertiary molluscs: Lamellibranchiata]. Gosudarstvennoye nauchno-tekhnicheskoye izdatel'stvo neftyanoy i gorno-toplivnoy literatury, Leningrad, 444 pp., available online at https://www.geokniga.org/books/6177
page(s): 95 [details]
[request]basis of record Boss K.J. 1966. The subfamily Tellininae in the Western Atlantic. The genus <i>Tellina</i> (I). <i>Johnsonia</i>, 4(45): 217-272, available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41113671
page(s): 234 [details]
additional source Korobkov, I.A. (1954). Справочник и методическое руководство по третичным моллюскам: пластинчатожаберные [= A handbook and methodical guide to Tertiary molluscs: Lamellibranchiata]. Gosudarstvennoye nauchno-tekhnicheskoye izdatel'stvo neftyanoy i gorno-toplivnoy literatury, Leningrad, 444 pp., available online at https://www.geokniga.org/books/6177
page(s): 95 [details]
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Taxonomy In the most restricted sense, the genus Tellina comprises a small number of Western Atlantic species related to the type Tellina radiata. Otherwise the generic name is widely used as a catchall for a large number of species belonging to the subfamily Tellininae and distributed worldwide, which are in need of taxonomic revision. [details]
