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| Family: | Tellinidae Blainville, 1814
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Tellinidae is a family of marine bivalve molluscs of the order Veneroida. They live under soft sediments in shallow seas.
Characteristics
Tellinids have rounded or oval, elongated shells, much flattened. The two valves are connected by a large external ligament. The two separate siphons are exceptionally long, sometimes several times the length of the shell. These siphons have a characteristic cruciform muscle at their base.[1]
Genera
- Arcopagia Leach in Brown, 1827
- Cymatoica Dall, 1889
- Leporimetis Iredale, 1930
- Macoma Leach, 1819
- Macomona Finlay, 1927
- Moerella Benson, 1842
- Psammotreta Dall, 1900
- Quidnipagus (Iredale, 1929)
- Strigilla Turton, 1822
- Tellidora Mörch, 1856
- Tellina Linnaeus, 1758
References
- ^ Barrett, J. H. and C. M. Yonge, 1958. Collins Pocket Guide to the Sea Shore. P. 160. Collins, London
- 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