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 Macomangulus

Macomangulus tenuis (da Costa, 1778)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Macomangulus*	F. Nordsieck, 1969	accepted genus name
*Angulus (Macomangulus)*	F. Nordsieck, 1969	synonym

Species group names

*Angulus tenuis*	(da Costa, 1778)	synonym
*Macoma commutata*	Monterosato, 1884	synonym
*Tellina bourguignati*	Locard, 1886	synonym
*Tellina exigua*	Poli, 1791	synonym
*Tellina exigua var. alba*	O. G. Costa, 1830	synonym
*Tellina exigua var. flavescens*	O. G. Costa, 1830	synonym
*Tellina hyalina*	Deshayes, 1835	synonym
*Tellina lucida*	Deshayes, 1848	synonym
*Tellina tenuis*	da Costa, 1778	synonym
*Tellina tenuis var. aita*	De Gregorio, 1885	synonym
*Tellina tenuis var. angusta*	R. A. Philippi, 1836	synonym
*Tellina tenuis var. brevior*	Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1886	synonym
*Tellina tenuis var. browni*	De Gregorio, 1885	synonym
*Tellina tenuis var. jeffreysi*	De Gregorio, 1885	synonym
*Tellina tenuis var. maxima*	Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1886	synonym
*Tellina tenuis var. minuta*	Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1886	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: petal tellin; plain tellin; thin tellin sources: Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. 2017. Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp.

German: Platte Tellmuschel; Plattmuschel; Zarte Tellmuschel

Literature

basis of record	Huber, M.; Langleit, A.; Kreipl, K. (2015). Tellinidae. Pp. 167-297 In: M. Huber, Compendium of bivalves 2. Harxheim: ConchBooks. 907 pp.
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. Macomangulus tenuis (da Costa, 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:878470

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Environment

marine

Importance

IUCN:
Red List status EN This species is endangered and is considered to be facing a very high risk of extinction in the wild according to the red list of the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources

This species is endangered and is considered to be facing a very high risk of extinction in the wild according to the red list of the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources

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2016-06-05 by André F. Sartori

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