Tellina


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Tel`li´na


n.1.(Zool.) A genus of marine bivalve mollusks having thin, delicate, and often handsomely colored shells.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.
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Habitat: en ambientes de plataforma continental, con comunidades de los generos Tellina, Diopatra y Onuphis.
Although the species representation was far from equal (e.g., 586 Tellina sp.
0.5 [+ or -] 0.8 0.5 [+ or -] 0.8 Nemertia sp.1 -- 0.5 [+ or -] 0.8 Tellina radiata -- 0.5 [+ or -] 0.8 Nemertia sp.2 -- 3 [+ or -] 4.2 Melita sp.
Population dynamics and production of Tellina petitiana (Bivalvia) on a sandy beach of Patagonia, Argentina.
The best preserved specimens have been ascribed to Aequipecten, Amusium, Chlamys, Mya, Ostrea, and Tellina. In the upper part of AE-1 the bivalves are scarce (Aequipecten, Amusium, Chlamys and Tellina).
Roedd 'na lwythi o gregyn telyn (Tellina tenuis; Thin Tellin) o bob maint a lliw wedi eu golchi a'u gadael ar y traeth gan y llanw.
Diplodonta ravayensis; Lima sowerbyi; Tellina radiata; Anodontia edentula; Amiantis umbonella; Anadara ferruginea; Chama reflexa Reeve 1846; Dosinia alta; Dosinia tumida; Spondylus groschi ; Paphia (Protapes) gallus; Paphia (Protapes) rhamphodes; Paphia (Protapes) cor; Paphia undulata; Acrosterigma impolitum; Acrosterigma maculosum; Vasticardium assimile; Acrosterigma vertebratum; Chlamys (Chlamys) reticulata; Cardium (Orthocardium) porulosum; Vepricardium asiaticum.
Myidae Clinocardiinae, Serripes groenlandicus Tellinidae, Tellina spp.