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 Tellininae

Tellinella Mörch, 1853

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Tellina (Tellinella)*	Mörch, 1853	synonym

Literature

original description	Mörch, O. A. L. (1852-1853). Catalogus conchyliorum quae reliquit D. Alphonso d'Aguirra & Gadea Comes de Yoldi, Regis Daniae Cubiculariorum Princeps, Ordinis Dannebrogici in Prima Classe & Ordinis Caroli Tertii Eques. Fasc. 1, Cephalophora, 170 pp. [1852]; Fasc. 2, Acephala, Annulata, Cirripedia, Echinodermata, 74 [+2] pp. [1853]. Hafniae [Copenhagen]: L. Klein.
additional source	Boss, K. J. (1969). The subfamily Tellininae in South African waters. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. 138: 81-162.
status source	Huber, M.; Langleit, A.; Kreipl, K. (2015). Tellinidae. Pp. 167-297 In: M. Huber, Compendium of bivalves 2. Harxheim: ConchBooks. 907 pp.
subsequent type designation	Stoliczka, F. (1870-1871). The Pelecypoda, with a review of all known genera of this class, fossil and recent. In: T. Oldham, Paleontologia Indica, being figures and descriptions of the organic remains procured during the progress of the Geological Survey of India. Cretaceous Fauna of Southern India. Volume 3. Memoirs of the Geological Survey of India, Calcutta. i-xxii, 1-537, pls 1-50 [pp. 1-222, pl. 1-12 - 1870; pp. i-xxii, 223—537, pl. 23-50 - 1871].

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Tellinella Mörch, 1853. 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:205541