Tellinidae

The Tellinidae are a family of marine bivalve molluscs of the order Cardiida. Commonly known as tellins or tellens, they live fairly deep in soft sediments in shallow seas and respire using long siphons that reach up to the surface of the sediment.[1]

Tellinidae
A shell of Tellina fabula
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Subclass: Heterodonta
Order: Cardiida
Superfamily: Tellinoidea
Family: Tellinidae
Blainville, 1814
Genera

See text

Characteristics

Tellinids have rounded or oval, elongated shells, much flattened. The two valves are connected by a large external ligament. The two separate siphons are exceptionally long, sometimes several times the length of the shell. These siphons have a characteristic cruciform muscle at their base.[2]

Selected genera
  • Abranda Iredale, 1924
  • Acorylus Olsson & Harbison, 1953
  • Aenigmotellina Matsukuma, 1989
  • Agnomyax Stewart, 1930
  • Angulus Megerle von Mühlfeld, 1811
  • Arcopagia Leach in Brown, 1827
  • Bathytellina Kuroda & Habe, 1958
  • Cadella Dall, Bartsch & Rehder, 1938
  • Cyclotellina Wenz, 1923
  • Cymatoica Dall, 1889
  • Elliptotellina Cossmann, 1886
  • Eurytellina P. Fischer, 1887
  • Florimetis Olsson & Harbison, 1953
  • Gastrana Schumacher, 1817
  • Hanleyanus M. Huber, Langleit & Kreipl, 2015
  • Herouvalia Cossmann, 1892
  • Laciolina Iredale, 1937
  • Leporimetis Iredale, 1930
  • Limecola T. Brown, 1844
  • Loxoglypta Dall, Bartsch & Rehder, 1938
  • Macoma Leach, 1819
  • Macomona Finlay, 1927
  • Merisca Dall, 1900
  • Moerella P. Fischer, 1887
  • Nitidotellina Scarlato, 1961
  • Obtellina Iredale, 1929
  • Omala Schumacher, 1817
  • Peronaea Poli, 1791
  • Pharaonella Lamy, 1918
  • Phyllodina Dall, 1900
  • Pristipagia Iredale, 1936
  • Psammotreta Dall, 1900
  • Pseudarcopagia Bertin, 1878
  • Punipagia Iredale, 1930
  • Quadrans Bertin, 1878
  • Quidnipagus (Iredale, 1929)
  • Scissula Dall, 1900
  • Scissulina Dall, 1924
  • Semelangulus Iredale, 1924
  • Serratina Pallary, 1922
  • Strigilla Turton, 1822
  • Tellidora Mörch, 1856
  • Tellina Linnaeus, 1758
  • Tellinangulus Thiele, 1934
  • Tellinella Mörch, 1853
  • Tellinota Iredale, 1936
  • Temnoconcha Dall, 1921

References
  1. Bouchet, P. (2012). Tellinidae. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=235 on 2012-07-04
  2. Barrett, J. H. and C. M. Yonge, 1958. Collins Pocket Guide to the Sea Shore. P. 160. Collins, London
  • 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 0-85467-054-8
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