Tellina

Tellina
Tellina nuculoides
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Cardiida
Superfamily: Tellinoidea
Family: Tellinidae
Genus: Tellina
Linnaeus, 1758
Species

See text.

Synonyms
List
  • Liotellina P. Fischer, 1887
  • Musculus Mörch, 1853
  • †Tellina (Gastranopsis) Cossmann, 1906
  • Tellina (Liotellina) P. Fischer, 1887
  • †Tellina (Macaliopsis) Cossmann, 1886
  • Tellina (Tellina) Linnaeus, 1758
  • Tellina (Tellinarius) Froriep, 1806
  • Tellinarius Froriep, 1806

Tellina is a widely distributed genus of marine bivalve molluscs, in the family Tellinidae. It is also known as "tellin" in English.

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