MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Tellina pulchella Lamarck, 1818

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Tellina pulchella Lamarck, 1818

Tellina pulchella Lamarck, 1818
Specimen from La Goulette, Tunisia (soft bottoms 3-4 m, 18.08.2009), actual size 18 mm

AphiaID

141591 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:141591)

Classification

Status

unaccepted > superseded combination

Accepted name

Moerella pulchella (Lamarck, 1818)

Rank

Species

Parent

Tellina Linnaeus, 1758

Original name

Tellina pulchella Lamarck, 1818

Synonymised names

Tellina pulchella var. centralis De Gregorio, 1885 · unaccepted (synonym)

Tellina pulchella var. polii De Gregorio, 1885 · unaccepted (synonym)

Tellina pulchella var. rosea Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1898 · unaccepted (synonym)

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Variety Tellina pulchella var. centralis De Gregorio, 1885 accepted as Tellina pulchella Lamarck, 1818 accepted as Moerella pulchella (Lamarck, 1818) (synonym)
Variety Tellina pulchella var. citrina (Monterosato, 1884) accepted as Moerella citrina (Monterosato, 1884) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Variety Tellina pulchella var. polii De Gregorio, 1885 accepted as Tellina pulchella Lamarck, 1818 accepted as Moerella pulchella (Lamarck, 1818) (synonym)
Variety Tellina pulchella var. rosea Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1898 accepted as Tellina pulchella Lamarck, 1818 accepted as Moerella pulchella (Lamarck, 1818) (synonym)
Variety Tellina pulchella var. transversa Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1898 accepted as Moerella extransversa Brunetti & Della Bella, 2023 (unaccepted > junior homonym, invalid: junior homonym of Tellina transversa Deshayes, 1857; Moerella extransversa is a replacement name)

Environment

marine, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1818). Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres. Tome cinquième, 612 pp. Paris, Deterville/Verdière. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12886879
page(s): 526 [details]

Type data

Note Gulf of Taranto, Italy

Type locality Gulf of Taranto, Italy [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Tellina pulchella Lamarck, 1818. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=141591 on 2025-06-20

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Gofas, Serge

2016-06-04 09:15:34Z

changed

Sartori, André F.

2024-01-15 20:04:41Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1818). Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres. Tome cinquième, 612 pp. Paris, Deterville/Verdière. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12886879
page(s): 526 [details]

basis of record Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details]

Other

additional source Zamouri-Langar, N.; Chouba, L.; Ajjabi Chebil, L.; Mrabet, R.; El Abed, A. (2011). Les coquillages bivalves des côtes tunisiennes. Institut National des Sciences et Technologies de la Mer: Salammbô. ISBN 978-9938-9512-0-2. 128 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]