Tellinidae
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 Tellina fabula
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Tellinidae is a family of bivalve molluscs of the order Veneroida.
The shells are ovate or elongated, more or less flexed or rostrate at the posterior end, and with an external ligament. There are two cardinal teeth in each valve, tending to be bifid, and lateral teeth are present in at least one valve.
Distribution is cosmopolitan.
[edit] Genera
- Arcopagia Leach in Brown, 1827
- Cymatoica Dall, 1889
- Leporimetis Iredale, 1930
- Macoma Leach, 1819
- Macomona Finlay, 1927
- Psammotreta Dall, 1900
- Quidnipagus (Iredale, 1929)
- Strigilla Turton, 1822
- Tellidora Morch, 1856
- Tellina Linnaeus, 1758
[edit] References
- Powell A W B, New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
- Glen Pownall, New Zealand Shells and Shellfish, Seven Seas Publishing Pty Ltd, Wellington, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 85467 054 8
