Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Bivalvia > Subclass Autobranchia > Infraclass Heteroconchia > Subterclass Euheterodonta > Superorder Imparidentia > Order Cardiida

Tellinoidea Blainville, 1814

Rank: Superfamily
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Superfamily group names

*Tellinacea*		synonym

Children

Donacidae J. Fleming, 1828
Psammobiidae J. Fleming, 1828
Semelidae Stoliczka, 1870 (1825)
Solecurtidae A. d'Orbigny, 1846
Tellinidae Blainville, 1814

Literature

basis of record	Bieler, R.; Carter, J. G.; Coan, E. V. (2010). Classification of Bivalve families. Pp. 113-133, in: Bouchet P. & Rocroi J.-P. (2010), Nomenclator of Bivalve Families. Malacologia. 52(2): 1-184.
additional source	Trueman, E. R. (1966). The cardinal ligament of the Tellinacea. Journal of Molluscan Studies. 37(2): 111-117.
additional source	Frenkiel L. & Mouëza M. (1977). Le fonctionnement du muscle cruciforme des Tellinacea. Journal of Molluscan Studies. 43: 189-191.
additional source	Graham, A. (1934). XV.—The structure and relationships of Lamellibranchs possessing a cruciform muscle. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. 54: 158-187.
additional source	Bieler, R.; Mikkelsen, P. M.; Collins, T. M.; Glover, E. A.; González, V. L.; Graf, D. L.; Harper, E. M.; Healy, J.; Kawauchi, G. Y.; Sharma, P. P.; Staubach, S.; Strong, E. E.; Taylor, J. D.; Tëmkin, I.; Zardus, J. D.; Clark, S.; Guzmán, A.; McIntyre, E.; Sharp, P.; Giribet, G. (2014). Investigating the Bivalve Tree of Life – an exemplar-based approach combining molecular and novel morphological characters. Invertebrate Systematics. 28(1): 32-115.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Tellinoidea Blainville, 1814. 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:14636