Tellinella listeri

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Tellinella listeri, the speckled tellin, is a bivalve mollusc in the family Tellinidae, the tellins.[1]

Tellinella listeri
The right valve of a shell of Tellinella listeri, anterior end towards the right
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Cardiida
Superfamily: Tellinoidea
Family: Tellinidae
Genus: Tellinella
Species:
T. listeri
Binomial name
Tellinella listeri
Röding, 1798
Synonyms
  • Tellina (Tellinella) listeri Röding, 1798
  • Tellina interrupta Wood, 1815
  • Tellina interrupta [Lightfoot], 1786 nomen nudum
  • Tellina listeri Röding, 1798 ·
  • Tellina maculosa Lamarck, 1818

Distribution

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St. Vincent, Barbados and other Eastern Caribbean islands
in sandy areas at 5–15 metres depth, and as far North as the Florida Keys.

References

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  1. ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Tellinella listeri (Röding, 1798). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=420901 on 2022-08-23
  • Turgeon, D. D., W. G. Lyons, P. Mikkelsen, G. Rosenberg, and F. Moretzsohn. 2009. Bivalvia (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 711–744 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College
  • Huber M. (2015). Compendium of Bivalves 2. Harxheim: ConchBooks. 907 pp.
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