MolluscaBase name details
Tellina elegans W. Wood, 1828
876769 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:876769)
unaccepted (invalid: junior homonym of Tellina elegans Deshayes, 1824; Tellina chariessa Salisbury, 1934 is a replacement name)
Species
marine, brackish, terrestrial
Wood, W. (1828). <i>Supplement to the Index Testaceologicus; or A catalogue of shells, British and foreign</i>. Richard Taylor, London. iv [+1] + 59 pp., plates 1-8. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22991199
page(s): 4, Tellina fig. 5 [details]
page(s): 4, Tellina fig. 5 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Tellina elegans W. Wood, 1828. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=876769 on 2025-09-11
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Wood, W. (1828). <i>Supplement to the Index Testaceologicus; or A catalogue of shells, British and foreign</i>. Richard Taylor, London. iv [+1] + 59 pp., plates 1-8. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22991199
page(s): 4, Tellina fig. 5 [details]
basis of record Huber M. (2015). <i>Compendium of Bivalves 2. A Full-Color Guide to the Remaining Seven Families. A Systematic Listing of 8,500 Bivalve Species and 10,500 Synonyms.</i> ConchBooks, Harxheim, Germany,. 901 pp. + 1 CD-ROM (containing chapters 5 and 6.461) [Tellinidae by Huber, Langleit & Kreipl, pp. 167-297]. [details]
page(s): 4, Tellina fig. 5 [details]
basis of record Huber M. (2015). <i>Compendium of Bivalves 2. A Full-Color Guide to the Remaining Seven Families. A Systematic Listing of 8,500 Bivalve Species and 10,500 Synonyms.</i> ConchBooks, Harxheim, Germany,. 901 pp. + 1 CD-ROM (containing chapters 5 and 6.461) [Tellinidae by Huber, Langleit & Kreipl, pp. 167-297]. [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
