Species Tellina philippii Anton, 1844

Museums

Regional Maps

• Tellina philippii Philippi, R.A. 1844. Abbildungen und Beschreibungen neuer oder wenig gekannter Conchylien. Cassel : Theodor Fischer Vol. 1 pp. 77-204. [126 [4], pl. 2, fig. 8] [Anton MS].
• Tellina rastellum Hanley, S. 1844. Descriptions of new species of Tellina, chiefly collected by H. Cuming, Esq., in the Philippine Islands and Central America. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1844(Part 12): 59-64 [published Settembre 1844] [59] [junior subjective synonym of Tellina philippii Anton, 1844 (published in June)].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) BMNH, Zanzibar.
• Tellina dissimilis Deshayes, G.P. 1855 [imprint 1854]. Descriptions of new shells from the collection of Hugh Cuming, Esq. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London Vol. 22 for 1854: 317-371 [Date published May 1855] [370].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) BMNH unnumbered.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Huber, M. & Schniebs, K. 2009. The type specimens of recent molluscs described by Anton (1837 and 1838): 8. Ostreidae, Cardiidae, Tellinidae, and Mactridae. Mollusca 27(2): 201-208 [Date published 25 Nov] [202]

Generic Combinations

• Tellinella rastella (Hanley, 1844). —
  Bernard, F.R., Cai, Y.Y. & Morton, B. 1993. Catalogue of the Living Marine Bivalve Molluscs of China. Hong Kong : Hong Kong University Press 121 pp. [89]

Miscellaneous Literature Names

• Tellina (Tellinella) rastellum Hanley, 1844. —
  Lamprell, K. & Whitehead, T. 1992. Bivalves of Australia. Bathurst, New South Wales : Crawford House Press Vol. 1 xiv 182 pp. [88, pl. 42, fig. 294]
• Tellina (Tellinella) cumingii auct. —
  Issel, A. 1869. Malacologia del Mar Rosso. Richerche zoologische e paleontologiche. Pisa : Biblioteca malacologica pp. 1-388, pls 1-5. [57]

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Disjunct populations - East Africa and Indo-Arabia, Indonesia to the Palau Islands. (IMCRA regions: 40-41)

Ecological Descriptors

Intertidal, marine, sand.

General References

Boss, K.J. 1969. The subfamily Tellininae in South African waters (Bivalvia, Mollusca). Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard 138(4): 81-162 [99-102, pl. 3, figs. 3-4; pl. 5, figs. 1-2]

Gofas, S., Bouchet, P. & Rosenberg, G. 2014. Tellina philippii Anton, 1844. World Register of Marine Species. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=572212 (Accessed on 2015-03-27)

Oliver, P.G. 1992. Bivalved Seashells of the Red Sea. Wiesbaden : Verlage Christa Hemmen 330 pp. [148]

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