Tellina carpenteri

Tellina carpenteri
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Subclass: Heterodonta
Order: Veneroida
Superfamily: Tellinoidea
Family: Tellinidae
Genus: Tellina
Species: T. carpenteri
Binomial name
Tellina carpenteri
Dall, 1900

The carpenter tellin (Tellina carpenteri, Dall, 1900)[1] is a bivalve mollusk in the family Tellinidae, the tellins. Synonyms include Tellina arenica (Hertlein and Strong, 1949), Tellina variegata (Carpenter, 1864), and Tellina (Moerella) carpenteri (Dall).

References

  1. W.H. Dall, 1900. Synopsis of the family Tellinidae and of the North American species. Proceedings of the U.S. National Museum, vol. 23, no. 2010, pp. 285-326; 303, 320.


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