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 > Genus Eurytellina

Eurytellina punicea (Born, 1778)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Eurytellina*	P. Fischer, 1887	accepted genus name
*Tellina (Eurytellina)*	P. Fischer, 1887	synonym

Species group names

*Tellina (Eurytellina) punicea*	Born, 1778	synonym
*Tellina punicea*	Born, 1778	synonym

Literature

basis of record	Turgeon, D. D., W. G. Lyons, P. Mikkelsen, G. Rosenberg, and F. Moretzsohn. 2009. Bivalvia (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 711–744 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, Colleg
status source	Huber, M.; Langleit, A.; Kreipl, K. (2015). Tellinidae. Pp. 167-297 In: M. Huber, Compendium of bivalves 2. Harxheim: ConchBooks. 907 pp.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Eurytellina punicea (Born, 1778). 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:420871