''Tellina carpenteri'', the carpenter tellin, is a
bivalve mollusc in 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 tellins. Synonyms include ''Tellina arenica'' (Hertlein and Strong, 1949), ''Tellina variegata'' (Carpenter, 1864) and ''Tellina (Moerella) carpenteri'' (Dall).
References
Tellinidae
Molluscs described in 1900
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