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Tellina listeri

Tellina listeri (Photo: Hans Hillewaert)

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Spiralia
Cladus: Lophotrochozoa
Phylum: Mollusca
Classis: Bivalvia
Subclassis: Heterodonta
Ordo: Veneroida
Superfamilia: Tellinoidea

Familia: Tellinidae
Genus: Tellina
Species: Tellina listeri
Name
Tellina listeri Röding, 1798

Tellinella listeri, the speckled tellin, is a bivalve mollusc in the family Tellinidae, the tellins.[1]
Distribution

St. Vincent, Barbados and other Eastern Caribbean islands
in sandy areas at 5–15 metres depth, and as far North as the Florida Keys.
References

MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Tellinella listeri (Röding, 1798). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=420901 on 2022-08-23

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
Huber M. (2015). Compendium of Bivalves 2. Harxheim: ConchBooks. 907 pp.

External links

Röding, P. F. (1798). Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturæ quæ olim collegerat Joa. Fried Bolten, M. D. p. d. per XL. annos proto physicus Hamburgensis. Pars secunda continens Conchylia sive Testacea univalvia, bivalvia & multivalvia. Trapp, Hamburg. viii, 199 pp
Wood, W. (1815). General conchology or a description of shells, arranged according to the Linnean system. London, John Booth. Vol. 1, lxi + 7 + 246 pp., 60 p

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