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Bivalvia Veneroida Tellinidae 

Tellinella staurella Lamarck, 1818

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Tellina crucigera auct.
   Tellina cruciata Spengler, 1798
   Tellina staurella Lamarck, 1818
   Tellinella staurella (Lamarck, 1818)
   Tellina scalaris Lamarck, 1818
   Tellina petalina Deshayes, 1855
   Tellina rufa Deshayes, 1855
   Tellina (Tellina) staurella apicifusca (Jousseaume MS) Lamy, 1918
   Tellina exculta hawaiensis Pilsbry, 1918
   Tellina acropisthus Barnard, 1964

Common Name

Cross Tellen p.68, pl.69D      Wilson, B 2002.  

Distribution

Durban, South Africa to Tonga (Boss, 1969) Red Sea, East China Sea, Taiwan, Okinawa to Honshu, Japan and Hawaii (Bernard, Cai & Morton, 1993)

  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: East Africa: Djibouti
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Red Sea
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: NE coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Gulf of Carp.
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: N coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: Northern Territory
  ABRS Regions: Australia: Western Australia
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: NW coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: Queensland
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Philippines
     Springsteen, F.J. & Leobrera, F.M. 1986. p.305 
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Australia (N)

Keywords

depth: continental shelf [{to 30 metres {Bernard&Cai&Morton1993}}]
depth: intertidal 
depth: shallow subtidal 
depth: subtidal 
substrate: sand       Oliver, P.G. 1992. p.147 

References

 Bernard, F.R., Cai, Y.Y. & Morton, B. 1993. p.89 Secondary source
 Boss, K.J. 1969. p.95-99 [ pl. 2, fig. 2; pl. 3, figs 1-2; pl. 4, fig. 2 ]  Contains synonymy
 Lamprell, K. & Whitehead, T. 1992. p.88, no. 291 [ as Tellina (Tellinella) staurella Lamarck, 1818 ]  Alternate taxonomic arrangement
 Oliver, P.G. 1992. p.147 General reference

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Loboconcha
          Bivalvia
            Heterodonta
              Veneroida
                Tellinoidea
                  Tellinidae *
                    Tellininae
                      Tellinella Mörch, 1853
                        Tellinella staurella Lamarck, 1818

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=17206) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by dsherman on 2004-01-22.