Tellina Linnaeus, 1758

Coan, Eugene V. & Valentich-Scott, Paul, 2010, Three new species of Tellina (Bivalvia, Tellinidae) from the Panamic Province, Zootaxa 2715, pp. 55-58 : 55

publication ID

1175-5326

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:3D365BB3-B315-4501-8983-BD4AD73032C6

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5295119

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03AA87BB-CF7F-1515-2BEE-3C3DFCDE9DE0

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scientific name

Tellina Linnaeus, 1758
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Genus Tellina Linnaeus, 1758 View in CoL

Tellina Linnaeus, 1758 View in CoL . Type species (subsequent designation of Children, 1823): Tellina radiata Linnaeus, 1758 View in CoL . Recent, Caribbean.

Shell elongate, compressed; hinge plate with two cardinal teeth in each valve and lateral teeth in one or both valves, sometimes overgrown in adults; often brightly colored and elegantly sculptured.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Mollusca

Class

Bivalvia

Order

Cardiida

Family

Tellinidae

Loc

Tellina Linnaeus, 1758

Coan, Eugene V. & Valentich-Scott, Paul 2010
2010
Loc

Tellina

Linnaeus 1758
1758
Loc

Tellina radiata

Linnaeus 1758
1758
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