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 Asbjornsenia

Asbjornsenia pygmaea (Lovén, 1846)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Asbjornsenia*	Friele, 1886	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Tellina pusilla*	R. A. Philippi, 1836	junior homonym
*Angulus pygmaeus*	(Lovén, 1846)	synonym
*Asbjornsenia striata*	Friele, 1886	synonym
*Moerella pygmaea*	(Lovén, 1846)	synonym
*Tellina (Moerella) pygmaea*	Lovén, 1846	synonym
*Tellina pygmaea*	Lovén, 1846	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: dwarf 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: Winzige Tellmuschel; Zwerg-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.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Asbjornsenia pygmaea (Lovén, 1846). 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:879714