Species Tellinella cruciata (Spengler, 1798)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Tellina cruciata Spengler, L. 1798. Over det toskallede slaegt Tellinerne. Skrifter af Naturhistorie-Selskabet. Kjøbenhavn 4(2): 67-127 [83].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) ZMUC BIV-1094, Fra Niquebar (Nicobar Islands).
• Tellina staurella Lamarck, J.B.P.A. 1818. Histoire Naturelle des Animaux sans vertèbres, présentant les caractères généraux et particuliers de ces animaux, leur distribution, leurs classes, leurs familles, leurs genres, et la citation des principales espèces qui s'y rapportent; précédée d'une Introduction offrant la Détermination des caractères essentiels de l'Animal, sa distinction du végétal et des autres corps naturelles, enfin, l'Exposition des Principes fondamentaux de la Zoologie. Vol. 5. 612 pp. [522].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) MNHN, Nouvelle Holland.
• Tellina scalaris Lamarck, J.B.P.A. 1818. Histoire Naturelle des Animaux sans vertèbres, présentant les caractères généraux et particuliers de ces animaux, leur distribution, leurs classes, leurs familles, leurs genres, et la citation des principales espèces qui s'y rapportent; précédée d'une Introduction offrant la Détermination des caractères essentiels de l'Animal, sa distinction du végétal et des autres corps naturelles, enfin, l'Exposition des Principes fondamentaux de la Zoologie. Vol. 5. 612 pp. [527].

  Type data:

   Holotype MNHN, locality unknown.
• Tellina petalina 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] [367].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH unnumbered, locality unknown.
• Tellina rufa 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] [367].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH unnumbered, locality unknown.
• Tellina (Tellina) staurella apicifusca Lamy, E. 1918. Les Tellines de la Mer Rouge (d'apres les materiaux recueillis par M. le Dr. Jousseaume). Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris [published 1907-1971] 24: 26-33 [27].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, MNHN, Massaouah, Djibouti.
• Tellina acropisthus Barnard, K.H. 1964. The works of the S.S. Peter Faure in Natal waters, with special reference to the Crustacea and Mollusca, with descriptions of new species of Mollusca from Natal. Annals of the Natal Museum 16: 9-29 [26, fig. 5b].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) SAM 9547, off Cape Natal (Durban).

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Huber, M., Langleit, A. &​ Kreipl, K. 2015. TELLINIDAE. In, Huber, M. Compendium of Bivalves 2. A full-color guide to the remaining seven families. A systematic listing of 8,500 bivalve species and 10,500 synonyms. Hackenheim, Germany : ConchBooks 907 pp, 1 CD-ROM. [Date published May: Markus Huber, Annioe Langleit &​ Kurt Kreipl: TELLINIDAE; Markus Huber: all other parts] [574]

 

Generic Combinations

• Tellinella staurella (Lamarck, 1818). —
  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) staurella Lamarck, 1818. —
  Lamy, E. 1918. Les Tellines de la Mer Rouge (d'apres les materiaux recueillis par M. le Dr. Jousseaume). Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris [published 1907-1971] 24: 26-33 [26-27]
  Lamprell, K. & Whitehead, T. 1992. Bivalves of Australia. Bathurst, New South Wales : Crawford House Press Vol. 1 xiv 182 pp. [88, pl. 42, fig. 291]
• Tellina crucigera auct. —
  Sturany, R.W.A. 1899. Lamellibranchiaten des Rothen Meeres. Denkschriften der Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Klasse 69: 255-295 [277]

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Indo-West Pacific

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Continental shelf, intertidal, marine, sand, shallow subtidal, subtidal.

Extra Ecological Information

To 30 m

 

General References

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]

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 [95-99, pl. 2, fig. 2; pl. 3, figs 1-2; pl. 4, fig. 2]

Gofas, S. & Rosenberg, G. 2014. Tellinella staurella (Lamarck, 1818). World Register of Marine Species. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=216531 (Accessed on 2015-03-27. Alternate representation of Tellina staurella Lamarck, 1818)

Huber, M., Langleit, A. &​ Kreipl, K. 2015. TELLINIDAE. In, Huber, M. Compendium of Bivalves 2. A full-color guide to the remaining seven families. A systematic listing of 8,500 bivalve species and 10,500 synonyms. Hackenheim, Germany : ConchBooks 907 pp, 1 CD-ROM. [Date published May: Markus Huber, Annioe Langleit &​ Kurt Kreipl: TELLINIDAE; Markus Huber: all other parts] [54, 170, 573-574, 576, 578-579, 597, 3 text figs; on CD]

Oliver, P.G. 1992. Bivalved Seashells of the Red Sea. Wiesbaden : Verlage Christa Hemmen 330 pp. [147]

 

Common Name References

Wilson, B. 2002. A handbook to Australian seashells on seashores east to west and north to south. Sydney : Reed New Holland 185 pp. [68, pl. 69D] (Cross Tellen)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
22-Aug-2023	BIVALVIA	22-Aug-2023	MOVED	Mr Des Beechey Ingo Burghardt Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM)
22-Aug-2023	BIVALVIA	22-Aug-2023	MOVED	Mr Des Beechey Ingo Burghardt Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM)
11-Aug-2014		11-Aug-2014	MOVED
11-Aug-2014	TELLINOIDEA	31-Jul-2014	MOVED	Mr Des Beechey (AM)
11-Aug-2014	TELLINOIDEA	30-Jun-2014	MODIFIED	Mr Des Beechey (AM)
		23-Jun-2011	MODIFIED