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Tellinidae
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.Bouchet, P. (2012). Tellinidae. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=235 on 2012-07-04 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.Barrett, J. H. and C. M. Yonge, 1958. Collins Pocket Guide to the Sea Shore. P. 160. Collins, London Selected genera * '' Abranda'' Iredale, 1924 * '' Acorylus'' Olsson & Harbison, 1953 * '' Aenigmotellina'' Matsukuma, 1989 * '' Afsharius'' M. Huber, Langleit & Kreipl, 2015 * ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tellina Fabula
''Fabulina fabula'', the bean-like tellin, is a species of marine bivalve mollusc in the family Tellinidae. It is found off the coasts of northwest Europe, where it lives buried in sandy sediments. Bivalves are molluscs with a body compressed between two usually similar shell valves joined by an elastic ligament. There are teeth at the edge of the shell and the animal has a muscular foot, gills, siphons, mouth and gut and is surrounded by a mantle inside the shell. Description The shell of ''Fabulina fabula'' is brittle and flattened and grows to a length of twenty millimeters. The outline is oval but the shell is asymmetric with the hinge slightly off centre and the beaks slightly behind the midline. The anterior dorsal margin curves gently and the anterior margin is rounded. The posterior dorsal margin is straighter and the posterior margin is somewhat pointed. The periostracum is transparent and glossy and the shell is white with tinges of yellow or brown. There is a scu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cadella
''Cadella'' is a genus of bivalves belonging to the family Tellinidae. The genus has almost cosmopolitan distribution In biogeography, cosmopolitan distribution is the term for the range of a taxon that extends across all or most of the world in appropriate habitats. Such a taxon, usually a species, is said to exhibit cosmopolitanism or cosmopolitism. The extr .... Species Species: *'' Cadella coltroi'' *'' Cadella crebrimaculata'' *'' Cadella delta'' References {{Taxonbar, from=Q18596214 Tellinidae Bivalve genera ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eurytellina
''Eurytellina'' is a genus of bivalves belonging to the family Tellinidae 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 sedime .... The species of this genus are found in Southern Asia and America. Species: *'' Eurytellina alternata'' *'' Eurytellina angulosa'' *'' Eurytellina eburnea'' *'' Eurytellina gibber'' *'' Eurytellina hertleini'' *'' Eurytellina hiberna'' *'' Eurytellina inaequistriata'' *'' Eurytellina laceridens'' *'' Eurytellina lineata'' *'' Eurytellina nitens'' *'' Eurytellina prora'' *'' Eurytellina punicea'' *'' Eurytellina regia'' *'' Eurytellina rubescens'' *'' Eurytellina simulans'' *'' Eurytellina solitaria'' *'' Eurytellina tayloriana'' *'' Eurytellina trinitatis'' *'' Eurytellina vespuciana'' References {{Taxonbar, from=Q18580884 Tellinidae ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cardiida
Cardiida is an order of bivalves belonging to the class Bivalvia. Families: * Cardiidae * Donacidae * Ephippiodontidae * Ferganoconchidae * Glaucomyidae * Goniocardiidae * Icanotiidae * Lahillidae * Limnocyrenidae * Lutetidae * Psammobiidae * Pterocardiidae * Quenstedtiidae * Semelidae * Solecurtidae The Solecurtidae are a family of saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the order Cardiida. Genera Genera in the family Solenidae include: * '' Azorinus'' Récluz, 1869 * '' Clunaculum'' Dall, 1899 * ''Solecurtus'' Blainville, 1824 * ''Tage ... * Sowerbyidae * Tancrediidae * Tellinidae * Unicardiopsidae References {{Taxonbar, from=Q32824633 Bivalves Bivalve orders ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bivalve
Bivalvia (), in previous centuries referred to as the Lamellibranchiata and Pelecypoda, is a class (biology), class of marine and freshwater Mollusca, molluscs that have laterally compressed bodies enclosed by a shell consisting of two hinged parts. As a group, bivalves have no head and they lack some usual molluscan organs, like the radula and the odontophore. They include the clams, oysters, Cockle (bivalve), cockles, mussels, scallops, and numerous other family (biology), families that live in saltwater, as well as a number of families that live in freshwater. The majority are filter feeders. The gills have evolved into Ctenidium (mollusc), ctenidia, specialised organs for feeding and breathing. Most bivalves bury themselves in sediment, where they are relatively safe from predation. Others lie on the sea floor or attach themselves to rocks or other hard surfaces. Some bivalves, such as the scallops and file shells, can nekton, swim. The shipworms bore into wood, clay, or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bosemprella
''Bosemprella'' is a genus of bivalves belonging to the family Tellinidae. The species of this genus are found in Western Europe and Mediterranean The Mediterranean Sea is a sea connected to the Atlantic Ocean, surrounded by the Mediterranean Basin and almost completely enclosed by land: on the north by Western Europe, Western and Southern Europe and Anatolia, on the south by North Africa .... Species: *'' Bosemprella aquitanica'' *'' Bosemprella incarnata'' References {{Taxonbar, from=Q61678501 Bivalves ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Molluscs
Mollusca is the second-largest phylum of invertebrate animals after the Arthropoda, the members of which are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 85,000 extant species of molluscs are recognized. The number of fossil species is estimated between 60,000 and 100,000 additional species. The proportion of undescribed species is very high. Many taxa remain poorly studied. Molluscs are the largest marine phylum, comprising about 23% of all the named marine organisms. Numerous molluscs also live in freshwater and terrestrial habitats. They are highly diverse, not just in size and anatomical structure, but also in behaviour and habitat. The phylum is typically divided into 7 or 8 taxonomic classes, of which two are entirely extinct. Cephalopod molluscs, such as squid, cuttlefish, and octopuses, are among the most neurologically advanced of all invertebrates—and either the giant squid or the colossal squid is the largest known invertebrate species. The gastropods ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Healey Dall
William Healey Dall (August 21, 1845 – March 27, 1927) was an American naturalist, a prominent malacologist, and one of the earliest scientific explorers of interior Alaska. He described many mollusks of the Pacific Northwest of America, and was for many years America's preeminent authority on living and fossil mollusks. Dall also made substantial contributions to ornithology, zoology, physical and cultural anthropology, oceanography and paleontology. In addition he carried out meteorological observations in Alaska for the Smithsonian Institution. Biography Early life Dall was born in Boston, Massachusetts. His father Charles Henry Appleton Dall, (1816–86), a Unitarian minister, moved in 1855 to India as a missionary. His family however stayed in Massachusetts, where Dall's mother Caroline Wells Healey was a teacher, transcendentalist, reformer, and pioneer feminist. In 1862, Dall's father, on one of his few brief visits home, brought his son in contact with some natu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
