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Ameritella versicolor (De Kay, 1843)

849119  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:849119)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Mollusca (Phylum)
  4. Bivalvia (Class)
  5. Autobranchia (Subclass)
  6. Heteroconchia (Infraclass)
  7. Euheterodonta (Subterclass)
  8. Imparidentia (Superorder)
  9. Cardiida (Order)
  10. Tellinoidea (Superfamily)
  11. Tellinidae (Family)
  12. Tellininae (Subfamily)
  13. Ameritella (Genus)
  14. Ameritella versicolor (Species)
accepted
Species
marine
(of Tellina versicolor De Kay, 1843) De Kay, J. E. (1843). Mollusca. Zoology of New-York, or the New-York fauna; comprising detailed descriptions of all the animals hitherto observed within the State of New-York; with brief notices of those occasionally found near its borders; and accompanied by appropriate illustrations. Carroll and Cook, Albany, New York. Part 5, pp. 1-271, plates 1-40., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2022507
page(s): 209; pl. 26, fig. 172 [details] 
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Ameritella versicolor (De Kay, 1843). Accessed at: https://molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=849119 on 2025-09-10
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2015-06-05 13:40:30Z
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Bouchet, Philippe

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original description (of Tellina versicolor De Kay, 1843) De Kay, J. E. (1843). Mollusca. Zoology of New-York, or the New-York fauna; comprising detailed descriptions of all the animals hitherto observed within the State of New-York; with brief notices of those occasionally found near its borders; and accompanied by appropriate illustrations. Carroll and Cook, Albany, New York. Part 5, pp. 1-271, plates 1-40., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2022507
page(s): 209; pl. 26, fig. 172 [details] 

new combination reference 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] 
 
 Present  Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

LanguageName 
English many-colored tellin [from synonym]  [details]
To Malacopics (Ameritella versicolor (De Kay, 1843) United States, Texas, Mustang Island, Packery Channel, washed ashore, collected 1970-01-00, ex coll. W.J.H. Onverwagt .) 
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