Tellinella listeri

Tellinella listeri
The right valve of a shell of Tellinella listeri, anterior end towards the right
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Bivalvia
Order:	Cardiida
Superfamily:	Tellinoidea
Family:	Tellinidae
Genus:	Tellinella
Species:	T. listeri
Binomial name
Tellinella listeri Röding, 1798
Synonyms
Tellina (Tellinella) listeriRöding, 1798 Tellina interruptaWood, 1815 Tellina interrupta[Lightfoot], 1786 nomen nudum Tellina listeriRöding, 1798 · Tellina maculosaLamarck, 1818

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

1. 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, College
• 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