Tellinidae

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The list of species of Tellinidae family

The Tellinidae are a family of marine bivalve molluscs of the order Cardiida. Commonly known as tellins or tellens, they live fairly deep in soft sediments in shallow seas and respire using long siphons that reach up to the surface of the sediment.

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Limecola balthica

Limecola balthica, commonly called the Baltic macoma, Baltic clam or Baltic tellin, is a small saltwater clam, a marine bivalve mollusk in the family Tellinidae (the macomas and tellins).

Macoma nasuta

Macoma nasuta, commonly known as the bent-nosed clam, is a species of bivalve found along the Pacific Ocean coast of North America. It is about 6 cm (2.4 in) long. It is often found buried in sands of 10–20 cm (3.9–7.9 in) in depth. This rounded...

Macomona liliana

Macomona liliana, or the large wedge shell, is a bivalve mollusc of the family Tellinidae. It is endemic to New Zealand.

Tellina listeri

Tellina listeri, the speckled tellin, is a bivalve mollusc in the family Tellinidae, the tellins.

Eurytellina simulans

Eurytellina simulans is a species of bivalve mollusc. This species was previously known as Tellina simulans. The animal was originally described to science by naturalist Charles Baker Adams, a professor of zoology at Amherst College. Adams left for...

Tellina spenceri

Tellina spenceri, or Spencer's wedge shell, is a rare bivalve mollusc of the family Tellinidae, endemic to New Zealand.

Tellina gaimardi

Tellina gaimardi, the angled wedge shell, is a bivalve mollusc of the family Tellinidae.