Tellina carpenteri

Tellina carpenteri
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Subclass: Heterodonta
Order: Veneroida
Superfamily: Tellinoidea
Family: Tellinidae
Genus: Tellina
Species: T. carpenteri
Binomial name
Tellina carpenteri
Dall, 1900

The carpenter tellin (Tellina carpenteri, Dall, 1900)[1] is a bivalve mollusk in the family Tellinidae, the tellins. Synonyms include Tellina arenica (Hertlein and Strong, 1949), Tellina variegata (Carpenter, 1864), and Tellina (Moerella) carpenteri (Dall).

References

  1. ↑ W.H. Dall, 1900. Synopsis of the family Tellinidae and of the North American species. Proceedings of the U.S. National Museum, vol. 23, no. 2010, pp. 285-326; 303, 320.


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