Tellinoidea

Tellinoidea
	The right valve of a shell of Tellinella listeri , anterior end towards the right
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Bivalvia
Superorder:	Imparidentia
Order:	Cardiida
Superfamily:	Tellinoidea ; Blainville, 1814
Families
	Donacidae J. Fleming, 1828; † Icanotiidae R. Casey, 1961; Psammobiidae J. Fleming, 1828; † Quenstedtiidae L. R. Cox, 1929; Semelidae Stoliczka, 1870 (1825); Solecurtidae A. d'Orbigny, 1846; † Sowerbyidae L. R. Cox, 1929; † Tancrediidae Meek, 1864; Tellinidae Blainville, 1814; † Unicardiopsidae Chavan, 1969;
Synonyms
	Tellinacea

Last updated November 07, 2025

Tellinoidea is a taxonomic superfamily of saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the order Cardiida.

References

1 2 MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Tellinoidea Blainville, 1814. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=14636 on 25 July 2024
↑ Casey, R. (1961). The stratigraphical palaeontology of the lower Greensand. Palaeontology. 3(4):487–621, pl. 77–84
1 2 Cox, L. R. (1929). A synopsis of the Lamellibranchia and Gastropoda of Portland beds of England. Part 1, Lamellibranchia. Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeology Society. 50:131–202, pl. 1–6
↑ Stoliczka, F. (1870–1871). The Pelecypoda, with a review of all known genera of this class, fossil and recent. In: T. Oldham, Paleontologia Indica, being figures and descriptions of the organic remains procured during the progress of the Geological Survey of India. Cretaceous Fauna of Southern India. Volume 3. Memoirs of the Geological Survey of India, Calcutta. i–xxii, 1–537, pls 1–50 [pp. 1–222, pl. 1-12 – 1870; pp. i–xxii, 223—537, pl. 23-50 – 1871]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/110955 page(s): 106, 108; note: as Semelinae, subfamily of Scrobiculariidae
↑ Orbigny, A. D. d'. (1834–1847). Voyage dans l'Amérique méridionale (le Brésil, la république orientale de l'Uruguay, la République argentine, la Patagonie, la république du Chili, la république de Bolivia, la république du Pérou), exécuté pendant les années 1826, 1827, 1828, 1829, 1830, 1831, 1832 et 1833. Tome 5(3) Mollusques. pp. i–xliii, 1–758, 85 plates [pls 1–2, 1834; pp. 1–104, pls 3–7, 10, 12, 1835; pp. 105–184, pls 8–9, 11, 13–23, 25–28, 1836; pls 24, 29–43, 41bis, 45–46, 1837; pp. 185–376, pls 44, 47–52, 55, 1838; pls 54, 56–65, 1839; pl. 66, 1840; pp. 377–488, pls 53, 67–77, 80, 1841; pp. 489–758, 1846; pls 78–79, 82–85, 1847]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49211253 page(s): 522
↑ Meek, F.B. (1864). Checklist of the invertebrate fossils of North America. Cretaceous and Jurassic. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections. 177: ii + 1–40 p., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8817685
↑ Chavan, A. (1969). Family Unicardiopsidae. In R. C. Moore, ed., Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part N. Mollusca 6, Bivalvia, vol. 1–2. Geological Society of America & University of Kansas. Boulder & Lawrence. p. 634

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[WORMS-1] 1 2 MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Tellinoidea Blainville, 1814. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=14636 on 25 July 2024

[2] Casey, R. (1961). The stratigraphical palaeontology of the lower Greensand. Palaeontology. 3(4):487–621, pl. 77–84

[Cox-3] 1 2 Cox, L. R. (1929). A synopsis of the Lamellibranchia and Gastropoda of Portland beds of England. Part 1, Lamellibranchia. Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeology Society. 50:131–202, pl. 1–6

[4] Stoliczka, F. (1870–1871). The Pelecypoda, with a review of all known genera of this class, fossil and recent. In: T. Oldham, Paleontologia Indica, being figures and descriptions of the organic remains procured during the progress of the Geological Survey of India. Cretaceous Fauna of Southern India. Volume 3. Memoirs of the Geological Survey of India, Calcutta. i–xxii, 1–537, pls 1–50 [pp. 1–222, pl. 1-12 – 1870; pp. i–xxii, 223—537, pl. 23-50 – 1871]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/110955 page(s): 106, 108; note: as Semelinae, subfamily of Scrobiculariidae

[5] Orbigny, A. D. d'. (1834–1847). Voyage dans l'Amérique méridionale (le Brésil, la république orientale de l'Uruguay, la République argentine, la Patagonie, la république du Chili, la république de Bolivia, la république du Pérou), exécuté pendant les années 1826, 1827, 1828, 1829, 1830, 1831, 1832 et 1833. Tome 5(3) Mollusques. pp. i–xliii, 1–758, 85 plates [pls 1–2, 1834; pp. 1–104, pls 3–7, 10, 12, 1835; pp. 105–184, pls 8–9, 11, 13–23, 25–28, 1836; pls 24, 29–43, 41bis, 45–46, 1837; pp. 185–376, pls 44, 47–52, 55, 1838; pls 54, 56–65, 1839; pl. 66, 1840; pp. 377–488, pls 53, 67–77, 80, 1841; pp. 489–758, 1846; pls 78–79, 82–85, 1847]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49211253 page(s): 522

[6] Meek, F.B. (1864). Checklist of the invertebrate fossils of North America. Cretaceous and Jurassic. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections. 177: ii + 1–40 p., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8817685

[7] Chavan, A. (1969). Family Unicardiopsidae. In R. C. Moore, ed., Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part N. Mollusca 6, Bivalvia, vol. 1–2. Geological Society of America & University of Kansas. Boulder & Lawrence. p. 634

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Tellinoidea

The right valve of a shell of Tellinella listeri , anterior end towards the right
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Bivalvia
Superorder:	Imparidentia
Order:	Cardiida
Superfamily:	Tellinoidea Blainville, 1814
Families^[1]
Donacidae J. Fleming, 1828 † Icanotiidae R. Casey, 1961^[2] Psammobiidae J. Fleming, 1828 † Quenstedtiidae L. R. Cox, 1929^[3] Semelidae Stoliczka, 1870 (1825)^[4] Solecurtidae A. d'Orbigny, 1846^[5] † Sowerbyidae L. R. Cox, 1929^[3] † Tancrediidae Meek, 1864^[6] Tellinidae Blainville, 1814 † Unicardiopsidae Chavan, 1969^[7]
Synonyms ^[1]
Tellinacea