Tellina is a widely distributed genus of marine bivalve molluscs, in the family Tellinidae.[1] It is also known as "tellin" in English.[2][3]
Species
The following species are recognised in the genus Tellina:[1]
- Tellina angrensis (Marques & Simone, 2014)
- Tellina brasiliana Spengler, 1798
- Tellina chrysogona Dall, 1908
- Tellina iheringi Dall, 1908
- Tellina nuculoides Reeve, 1854: salmon tellin
- Tellina radiata Linnaeus, 1758: sunrise tellin
- Tellina rhodon Hanley, 1844
- Tellina simplaria A. E. Salisbury, 1934
References
- ^ a b c "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Tellina Linnaeus, 1758". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2024-08-01.
- ^ "tellin". Oxford English Dictionary. Oxford University Press. Retrieved October 14, 2024.
- ^ "Definition of 'tellin'". Collins Dictionary. Retrieved October 14, 2024.
- Powell A W B, New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand, 1979. ISBN 0-00-216906-1.
- Glen Pownall, New Zealand Shells and Shellfish, Seven Seas Publishing Pty Ltd, Wellington, New Zealand, 1979. ISBN 978-0-85467-054-3.
- Eugene V. Coan & Paul Valentich-Scott. "Three new species of Tellina (Bivalvia, Tellinidae) from the Panamic Province." Zootaxa 2715 (2010): 55-58.