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Tellinidae

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Description

The Tellinidae are a family of marine bivalve molluscs of the order Cardiida. Commonly known as tellins or tellens, they live fairly deep in soft sediments in shallow seas and respire using long siphons that reach up to the surface of the sediment.

From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tellinidae, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0.

Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	3448	https://www.gbif.org/species/3448
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	62468	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=62468

Rank

family

Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Cardiida : Tellinidae

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Bilateria
-	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
-	Protostomia	Grobben 1908
-	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca	Linnaeus 1758
class	Bivalvia	Linnaeus 1758
-	Eubivalvia	Carter 2011
subclass	Autobranchia
infraclass	Heteroconchia
-	Cardiomorphi	Ferussac 1822
-	Cardioni	Ferussac 1822
-	Cardiidia	Ferussac 1822
-	Cardiata	Ferussac 1822
superorder	Cardiiformii	Ferussac 1822
order	Cardiida	Ferussac 1822
suborder	Cardiidina	Ferussac 1822
-	Cardioidei	Ferussac 1822
superfamily	Tellinoidea
family	Tellinidae	Blainville 1814

Common Name

tellin clam

Scientific Name

Tellinidae

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Tellinidae	family	belongs to Tellinacea	stated with evidence	Glenn, 1904
Tellinidae	family	belongs to Pelecypoda	stated without evidence	Clark and Arnold, 1923
Tellinidae	family	belongs to Tellinacea	stated without evidence	Olsson, 1931
Tellinidae	family	belongs to Tellinacea	stated with evidence	Vokes, 1980
Tellinidae	family	belongs to Tellinacea	stated without evidence	Squires, 1984
Tellinidae	family	belongs to Tellinacea	stated with evidence	Ward and Blackwelder, 1987
Tellinidae	family	belongs to Tellinacea	stated without evidence	Squires, 1987
Tellinidae	family	belongs to Tellinoidea	stated with evidence	Ward, 1992
Tellinidae	family	belongs to Tellinoidea	stated without evidence	Coan et al., 2000
Tellinidae	family	belongs to Tellinoidea	stated with evidence	Rosenberg, 2005
Tellinidae	family	belongs to Tellinoidea	implied	Nevesskaja, 2009
Tellinidae	family	belongs to Tellinoidea	stated without evidence	Bouchet et al., 2010
Tellinidae	family	belongs to Tellinoidea	stated with evidence	Carter et al., 2011
Tellinidae	family	belongs to Tellinoidea	stated without evidence	Hickman, 2015

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

541

Extant Size (PBDB)

208 (38%)

First Recorded Appearance

260 - 254 Ma
Permian

Motility

facultatively mobile

Vision

blind (based on Bivalvia)

Diet

deposit feeder

Ecospace Comments

LIFE HISTORY: IS, MA, UN, DS according to Todd (2001).

Taphonomy

aragonite

Primary Reference (PBDB)

H. E. Vokes. 1980. Genera of the Bivalvia: a systematic and bibliographic Catalogue. Genera of the Bivalvia: a systematic and bibliographic Catalogue

Common Name(s)

Tellin Clam, Plattmuscheln, Tellmuscheln, Platschelpen, Sunset Clams, Sunset Shells, Tellins, ニッコウガイ

Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tellinidae

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Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Macominae subfamily	listed (PBDB)		157	56.0 Ma Paleocene	0 Ma Extant
Tellininae subfamily	listed (PBDB)		1,220	145 Ma Late Jurassic	0 Ma Extant
Abranda genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)				0 Ma Extant
Acorylus genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	11.6 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Aenigmotellina genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Aenona ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		100	99.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	70.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Afsharius genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Alaona genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ameritella genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Angulinides genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Angulus genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		287	66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	0 Ma Extant
Apolymetis genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		29	28.4 Ma Oligocene	0 Ma Extant
Arcopagella ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	113 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous	113 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Arcopagia genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		197	130 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous	0 Ma Extant
Arcopaginula genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		8	11.6 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Arcopella genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ardeamya genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)				0 Ma Extant
Asbjornsenia genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Asthenometis genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Austromacoma genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	13.8 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Bartrumia ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	19.0 Ma Miocene	16.0 Ma Miocene
Bartschicoma genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Barytellina ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	5.33 Ma Miocene	5.33 Ma Miocene
Bathyangulus genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Bathytellina genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Bosemprella genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cadella genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Clathrotellina genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	5.33 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Coanyax genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Confusella genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cyclotellina genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cymatoica genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		8	11.6 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Dallitellina genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Dellius genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Elliptotellina genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		18	55.8 Ma Eocene	0 Ma Extant
Elpidollina genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Eurytellina genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		317	56.0 Ma Paleocene	0 Ma Extant
Exotica genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	0.13 Ma Pleistocene	0 Ma Extant
Fabulina genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		7	16.0 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Finlayella ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Fragilia ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)
Gastrana genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		50	48.6 Ma Eocene	0 Ma Extant
Hanleyanus genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Herouvalia ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Hertellina genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Heteromacoma genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Homalina genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Idatellina genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Indentina genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Indotellina genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Iridona genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Jactellina ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		4	0.13 Ma Pleistocene	0.13 Ma Pleistocene
Jitlada genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Laciolina genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		20	125 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous	0 Ma Extant
Leporimetis genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		55	23.0 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Limecola genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Linearia genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Linearis ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		313	145 Ma Late Jurassic	41.3 Ma Eocene
Liothyris ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		50	83.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	70.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Loxoglypta genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)				0 Ma Extant
Lutricola genus	listed (PBDB)				0 Ma Extant
Lyratellina genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Macalia genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	5.33 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Macoma genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		971	66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	0 Ma Extant
Macomangulus genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Macomona genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		8	41.3 Ma Eocene	0 Ma Extant
Macomopsis genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Macoploma genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Maera ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)
Megangulus genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Merisca genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		40	28.4 Ma Oligocene	0 Ma Extant
Metis genus	listed (PBDB)		3	47.8 Ma Eocene	0 Ma Extant
Moerella genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Nelltia ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		8	101 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	93.9 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Nitidotellina genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Omala genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Oudardia genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Palaeomoera ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		15	125 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous	72.1 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Pallidea genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Peiricola genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)				0 Ma Extant
Peronaea genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Peronidia genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pharaonella genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)				0 Ma Extant
Phylloda genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Phyllodella genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Phyllodina genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pinguitellina genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		6	0.13 Ma Pleistocene	0 Ma Extant
Praetextellina genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pristipagia genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Psammacoma genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		204	41.3 Ma Eocene	0 Ma Extant
Psammotreta genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		106	56.0 Ma Paleocene	0 Ma Extant
Pseudarcopagia genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	11.6 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Pseudocadella genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pseudomacalia genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pseudopsammobia genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pseudotellidora genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pulvinus genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Quadrans genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		4	83.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	0 Ma Extant
Quidnipagus genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	0.78 Ma Pleistocene	0 Ma Extant
Rexithaerus genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Rostrimacoma genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Salmacoma genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Saulella ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		11	66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	55.8 Ma Eocene
Scissula genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Scissulina genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		9	0.13 Ma Pleistocene	0 Ma Extant
Scutarcopagia genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		11	11.6 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Semelangulus genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		9	28.4 Ma Oligocene	0 Ma Extant
Senegona genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Serratina genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	23.0 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Solyma ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		110	101 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	55.8 Ma Eocene
Sourimis ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		9	83.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	70.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Strigilla genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)				0 Ma Extant
Sylvanus genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tampaella genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Telinna genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tellidora genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		42	70.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	0 Ma Extant
Tellina genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1,516	260 Ma Permian	0 Ma Extant
Tellinangulus genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tellinella genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tellinidella genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	11.6 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Tellinides genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	5.33 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Tellinimactra genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tellinimera ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		136	83.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Tellinota genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)				0 Ma Extant
Temnoconcha genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		17	48.6 Ma Eocene	0 Ma Extant
Tonganaella genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		8	5.33 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Moera salmonea species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Paleomoera dyskritos species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pristigia bertini species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1814	Tellinidae Blainville
1904	Tellinidae Glenn p. 297
1923	Tellinidae Clark and Arnold p. 151
1931	Tellinidae Olsson p. 63
1971	Arcopagiinae Kuroda et al.
1977	Strigillinae Habe
1980	Tellinidae Vokes p. 141
1984	Tellinidae Squires p. 50
1987	Tellinidae Squires p. 68
1987	Tellinidae Ward and Blackwelder p. 130
1992	Tellinidae Stilwell and Zinsmeister p. 77

Year	Name and Author
1992	Tellinidae Ward p. 96
1999	Tellinidae Squires p. 25
2000	Tellinidae Coan et al. p. 259
2001	Tellinidae Todd
2005	Tellinidae Rosenberg
2006	Tellinidae Bieler and Mikkelsen
2006	Strigillinae Bieler and Mikkelsen p. 234
2009	Tellinidae Nevesskaja
2010	Tellinidae Bouchet et al.
2011	Tellinidae Carter et al. p. 16
2015	Tellinidae Hickman p. 25

References

Vokes H. E. (1980) Genera of the Bivalvia: a systematic and bibliographic Catalogue, Genera of the Bivalvia: a systematic and bibliographic Catalogue

Glenn L. C. (1904) Pelecypoda, Maryland Geological Survey Miocene Text, 274-401

Clark B. L., Arnold R. (1923) Fauna of the Sooke Formation Vancouver Island, University of California Publications, Bulletin of the Department of Geological Sciences 14 5, 123-234

Olsson A. A. (1931) Contributions to the Tertiary Paleontology of Northern Peru: Part 4, The Peruvian Oligocene, Bulletins of American Paleontology 17 63

Squires R. L. (1984) Megapaleontology of the Eocene Llajas Formation, Simi Valley, California, Contributions in Science, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County 350, 1-76

Squires R. L. (1987) Eocene molluscan paleontology of the Whitaker Peak area, Los Angeles and Ventura counties, California, Contributions in Science, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County 388, 1-93

Ward L. W., Blackwelder B.W. (1987) Late Pliocene and Early Pleistocene Mollusca from the James City and Chowan River Formations at Lee Creek Mine, Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 61, 113-283

Stilwell J. D., Zinsmeister W. J. (1992) Molluscan Systematics and Biostratigraphy, Antarctic Research Series, AGU 55

Ward L. W. (1992) Molluscan biostratigraphy of the Miocene Middle Atlantic Coastal Plain of North America, Virginia Museum of Natural History 2

Coan E. V., Scott P. V., et al (2000) Bivalve seashells of western North America, Santa Barbara Museum of Natural history Monographs 2, 1-764

Todd J. A. (2001) Systematic list of bivalves in the Panama Paleontology Project collections, [http://eusmilia.geology.uiowa.edu/database/bivalves/systemat/bivaltax.htm#list]

Rosenberg G. (2005) Malacolog 4.0: A database of Western Atlantic marine Mollusca, [WWW database (version 4.1.0)] URL http://data.acnatsci.org/wasp

Bieler R., Mikkelsen P. M. (2006) Bivalvia - a look at the branches, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 148, 223-235

Nevesskaja L. A. (2009) Principles of Systematics and the System of Bivalves, Paleontological Journal 43 1, 1-11 doi:10.1134/S0031030109010018

Bouchet P., Rocroi J.-P., et al (2010) Nomenclator of Bivalve Families with a Classification of Bivalve Families, Malacologia 52 2, 1-184 doi:10.4002/040.052.0201

Carter J. G., Altaba C. R., et al (2011) A Synoptical Classification of the Bivalvia (Mollusca), University of Kansas Paleontological Institute Paleontological Contributions 4, 1-47

Hickman C. S. (2015) Paleogene marine bivalves of the deep-water Keasey Formation in Oregon, Part III: The heteroconchs, PaleoBios 32, 1-44

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Turgeon, D. D., J. F. Quinn, Jr., A. E. Bogan, E. V. Coan, F. G. Hochberg, W. G. Lyons, et al., 1998: Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: Mollusks, 2nd ed.. American Fisheries Society Special Publication 26. 526. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)

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