Species Tellinella virgata (Linnaeus, 1758)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Tellina virgata Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundem classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Holmiae : Laurentii Salvii Vol. 1 10, 824 pp. [674].
• Tellina subrubicunda Martyn, T. 1784. The universal conchologist : exhibiting the figure of every known shell accurately drawn and painted after nature, with a new systematic arrangement / by the author, Thomas Martyn = Le conchologiste universel, montrant la figure de chaque coquille aujourd'hui connue soigneusement dessinee, et peinte d'apres nature, le tout arrange selon le systeme de l'auteur. London : Thomas Martyn 4 vols. 39 pp. 160 pls. [fig. 159].
• Tellina marginalis Dillwyn, L.W. 1817. A Descriptive Catalogue of Recent Shells, arranged according to the Linnaean method; with particular attention to the synonymy. London : John and Arthur Arch 2 volumes 1092 + 29 pp. [74] [non Lightfoot, 1786].
• Tellina jubar 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] [60].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) BMNH, locality unknown.

 

Generic Combinations

• Tellinella virgata (Linnaeus, 1758). —
  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. [89-90]

 

Miscellaneous Literature Names

• Tellina (Tellinella) virgata Linnaeus, 1758. —
  Lamprell, K. & Whitehead, T. 1992. Bivalves of Australia. Bathurst, New South Wales : Crawford House Press Vol. 1 xiv 182 pp. [88, pl. 42, fig. 289]

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Indo Pacific; Natal, South Africa to Tahiti in the Society Islands, south to Shark Bay, Western Australia and north to Okinanwa, Japan (Boss 1969); Moluccas, Philippines, Persian Gulf, Australia, South China Sea, Hainan, Taiwan, Okinawa (Bernard, Cai & Morton 1993)

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

Intertidal, marine, muddy sand, sand, shallow subtidal, subtidal.

 

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 [91-95, pl. 2, fig. 1, pl. 4, fig. 1]

Gofas, S. & Rosenberg, G. 2014. Tellinella virgata (Linnaeus, 1758). World Register of Marine Species. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=575774 (Accessed on 2015-03-27. Alternate representation of Tellina virgata Linnaeus, 1758)

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

 

Common Name References

Coleman, N. 1975. What Shell is That? Sydney : Lansdowne Press 298 pp. [235] (Striped Sunset Shell)

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. 69A] (Virgate 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)
		15-Jun-2011	MODIFIED