Tellina

Taxobox
name = "Tellina"

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image_caption = "Tellina fabula"
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Mollusca
classis = Bivalvia
ordo = Veneroida
familia = Tellinidae
genus = "Tellina"
genus_authority = Linnaeus, 1758
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = See text.

"Tellina" is a genus of marine bivalve molluscs, in the family Tellinidae, found in the indo-Pacific region.

Species

* "Tellina aequistriata" Say, 1824 - striate tellin
* "Tellina agilis" Stimpson, 1857 - northern dwarf tellin, northern dwarf-tellin
* "Tellina alerta" Boss, 1964
* "Tellina alternata" Say, 1822 - alternate tellin
* "Tellina americana" Dall, 1900 - American tellin
* "Tellina amianta" Dall, 1900
* "Tellina angulosa" Gmelin, 1791 - angulate tellin
* "Tellina bodegensis" Hinds, 1845 - Bodega tellin
* "Tellina candeana" D'Orbigny, 1842 - cande tellin, wedge tellin
* "Tellina carpenteri" Dall, 1900 - Carpenter tellin
* "Tellina cerrosiana" Dall, 1900
* "Tellina charlottae" E. A. Smith, 1885
* "Tellina coani" Keen, 1971
* "Tellina colorata" Dall, 1900 - tinted tellin
* "Tellina consobrina" D'Orbigny, 1842 - consobrine tellin
* "Tellina cristallina" Spengler, 1798 - crystal tellin
* "Tellina cumingii" Hanley, 1844
* "Tellina diantha" Boss, 1964
* "Tellina donacina"
* "Tellina edgari" Iredale, 1915
* "Tellina elucens" Mighels, 1845
* "Tellina eugonia" Suter, 1913
* "Tellina euvitrea" Boss, 1964 - shiny tellin
* "Tellina exerythra" Boss, 1964 - bloodless tellin
* "Tellina fabula" Gmelin, 1791
* "Tellina fausta" Pulteney, 1799 - favored tellin
* "Tellina flucigera" Dall, 1908
* "Tellina gaimardi" Iredale, 1915 - angled wedge shell
* "Tellina gibber" Von Ihering, 1907
* "Tellina gouldii" Hanley, 1846 - cuneate tellin
* "Tellina guildingii" Hanley, 1844 - guilding tellin
* "Tellina huttoni" E. A. Smith, 1885
* "Tellina idae" Dall, 1891 - Ida tellin
* "Tellina inaequistriata" Donovan, 1802
* "Tellina iris" Say, 1822 - rainbow tellin
* "Tellina juttingae" Altena, 1965 - jutting tellin
* "Tellina laevigata" Linnaeus, 1758 - smooth tellin
* "Tellina lamellata" Carpenter, 1855
* "Tellina lineata" Turton, 1819 - rose-petal tellin
* "Tellina listeri" Roding, 1798 - speckled tellin
* "Tellina magna" Spengler, 1798 - great tellin
* "Tellina martinicensis" D'Orbigny, 1842 - Martinique tellin
* "Tellina mera" Say, 1834 - pure tellin
* "Tellina meropsis" Dall, 1900 - oval tellin
* "Tellina modesta" (Carpenter, 1864) - plain tellin
* "Tellina nitens" C. B. Adams, 1845 - shiny dwarf tellin, shiny dwarf-tellin
* "Tellina nuculoides" (Reeve, 1854) - salmon tellin
* "Tellina oahuana"
* "Tellina ochracea" Carpenter, 1864
* "Tellina pacifica" Dall, 1900
* "Tellina paramera" Boss, 1964 - perfect tellin
* "Tellina persica" Dall and Simpson, 1901 - apricot tellin
* "Tellina pristiphora" Dall, 1900
* "Tellina probina" Boss, 1964 - slandered tellin
* "Tellina proclivis" Hertlein and Strong, 1949
* "Tellina prora" Hanley, 1844
* "Tellina punicea" Born, 1778 - watermelon tellin
* "Tellina pygmaea"
* "Tellina radiata" Linnaeus, 1758 - sunrise tellin
* "Tellina reclusa" Dall, 1900
* "Tellina recurvata" Hertlein and Strong, 1949
* "Tellina rubescens" Hanley, 1844
* "Tellina sandix" Boss, 1968
* "Tellina similis" J. Sowerby, 1806 - candystick tellin
* "Tellina simulans" C. B. Adams, 1852
* "Tellina spenceri" Suter, 1907 - Spencer's wedge shell
* "Tellina squamifera" Deshayes, 1855 - crenulate tellin
* "Tellina sybaritica" Dall, 1881
* "Tellina tabogensis" Salisbury, 1934
* "Tellina tampaensis" Conrad, 1866 - Tampa tellin
* "Tellina tenella" A. E. Verrill, 1874 - delicate tellin
* "Tellina tenuis"
* "Tellina texana" Dall, 1900 - say tellin, Texas tellin
* "Tellina variegata"
* "Tellina versicolor" DeKay, 1843 - many-colored tellin
* "Tellina vespuciana" (d'Orbigny, 1842) - Vespucci tellin
* "Tellina virgo" Hanley, 1844

See also

* Donax

References

* [http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=81074 ITIS]
* 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 85467 054 8