Tellinella is a genus of marine bivalve molluscs, in the subfamily Tellininae of the family Tellinidae.[1]

Tellinella
Shell of Tellinella mexicana (syntype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Cardiida
Superfamily: Tellinoidea
Family: Tellinidae
Genus: Tellinella
Mörch, 1853
Type species
Tellina virgata Linnaeus, 1758
Synonyms[1]
  • Liotribella Afshar, 1969
  • Tellina (Eutellina) P. Fischer, 1887 (objective synonym)
  • Tellina (Tellinella) Mörch, 1853 · alternate representation
  • Tellinarius A. E. Salisbury, 1934

Species edit

Synonyms
  • Tellinella adamsi [sic]: synonym of Pristipagia adamsii (Bertin, 1878) (misspelling)
  • Tellinella albinella (Lamarck, 1818): synonym of Tellinota albinella (Lamarck, 1818)
  • Tellinella asperrima (Hanley, 1844): synonym of Scutarcopagia pulcherrima (G. B. Sowerby I, 1825)
  • Tellinella divergens (Anton, 1838): synonym of Tellinella crucigera (Lamarck, 1818)
  • Tellinella exculta (Gould, 1851): synonym of Tellinella crucigera (Lamarck, 1818)
  • Tellinella ferrari Marwick, 1931: synonym of † Serratina ferrari (Marwick, 1931) (original combination)
  • Tellinella idae (Dall, 1891): synonym of Idatellina idae (Dall, 1891)
  • Tellinella incerta (Deshayes, 1855): synonym of Tellinella cruciata (Spengler, 1798)
  • Tellinella patagiata (Prashad, 1932): synonym of Afsharius patagiatus (Prashad, 1932)
  • Tellinella pulcherrima (G. B. Sowerby I, 1825): synonym of Scutarcopagia pulcherrima (G. B. Sowerby I, 1825)
  • Tellinella radians (Deshayes, 1855): synonym of Pristipagia radians (Deshayes, 1855)
  • Tellinella rastella [sic]: synonym of Tellinella rastellum (Hanley, 1844): synonym of Tellinella philippii (Philippi, 1844) (misspelling)
  • Tellinella rastellum (Hanley, 1844): synonym of Tellinella philippii (Philippi, 1844)
  • Tellinella spengleri (Gmelin, 1791): synonym of Dallitellina rostrata (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Tellinella staurella (Lamarck, 1818): synonym of Tellinella cruciata (Spengler, 1798)
  • Tellinella verrucosa (Hanley, 1844): synonym of Scutarcopagia verrucosa (Hanley, 1844)

References edit

  1. ^ a b MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Tellinella Mörch, 1853. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=205541 on 2022-08-23