Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Bivalvia > Subclass Autobranchia > Infraclass Heteroconchia > Subterclass Euheterodonta > Superorder Imparidentia > Order Cardiida > Superfamily Tellinoidea > Family Tellinidae > Subfamily Moerellinae > Genus Moerella

Moerella donacina (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Tellina Linnaeus, 1758

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Moerella*	P. Fischer, 1887	accepted genus name
*Atlantella*	M. Huber, Langleit & Kreipl, 2015	synonym
*Psammotaea*	Lamarck, 1818	synonym
*Tellina (Moerella)*	P. Fischer, 1887	synonym

Species group names

*Angulus donacinus*	(Linnaeus, 1758)	synonym
*Tellina donacina var. blanci*	Pallary, 1912	synonym
*Tellina donacina var. disma*	De Gregorio, 1885	synonym
*Tellina donacina var. ialinella*	De Gregorio, 1885	synonym
*Tellina donacina var. longicallopsis*	De Gregorio, 1885	synonym
*Tellina donacina var. pica*	De Gregorio, 1885	synonym
*Tellina donacina var. prismaticopsis*	De Gregorio, 1885	synonym
*Tellina donacina var. sterica*	De Gregorio, 1885	synonym
*Tellina donacina var. tenisa*	De Gregorio, 1885	synonym
*Tellina donacina var. terina*	De Gregorio, 1885	synonym
*Tellina donacina var. turtoni*	Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1886	synonym
*Tellina lantivyi*	Payraudeau, 1826	synonym
*Tellina trifasciata*	Linnaeus, 1758, sensu Pennant, 1777	misapplied name

Literature

basis of record	Howson, C.M. & B.E. Picton. (1997). The species directory of the marine fauna and flora of the British Isles and surrounding seas. Ulster Museum Publication, 276. The Ulster Museum: Belfast, UK. ISBN 0-948150-06-8. vi, 508 (+ cd-rom) pp.
additional source	Brunetti, M. M. & Della Bella, G. (2023). La Famiglia Tellinidae Blainville, 1814, nel Plio-Pleistocene dell'Europa meridionale, terza e ultima parte: i generi Macomopsis Sacco, 1901 e Moerella P. Fischer, 1887 con descrizione di quattro specie nuove. Bollettino Malacologico. 58(2): 188-213.
additional source	Lesport J.-F., Lozouet P., Pacaud J.-M., Rocher P., Renard P. & Favia R. (2019). Les Bivalvia de l'Aquitanien (Miocène inférieur) de Saucats "Lariey" (Gironde, Sud-Ouest France). 2.- Heterodonta (Première partie). Cossmanniana. 21: 3-99.
identification resource	Cosel, R. von; Gofas, S. (2019). Marine bivalves of tropical West Africa: from Rio de Oro to southern Angola. Publications Scientifiques du Muséum, Paris, IRD Éditions, Marseille (Faune et Flore tropicales, volume 48): 1-1104.

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Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Moerella donacina (Linnaeus, 1758). Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:147021

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Environment

marine, not fresh, not terrestrial

Importance

EU Habitat Directive:
annex II EU Habitat Directive Annex II: Species of community interest whose conservation requires the designation of special areas of conservation.

EU Habitat Directive Annex II: Species of community interest whose conservation requires the designation of special areas of conservation.

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2020-01-09 by Philippe Bouchet

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