Tellinidae is a animal family in the Animalia kingdom, order Cardiida, class Bivalvia. The family contains 28 accepted species worldwide.
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Macoma nasuta (Conrad, 1837)
Macoma nasuta is a bivalve species from the eastern Pacific coast of North Ameri…
Tellina radiata Linnaeus, 1758
Tellina radiata, the sunrise tellin, is a filter-feeding bivalve found in Easter…
Macomona liliana (Iredale, 1915)
Macomona liliana, the large wedge shell, is an endemic New Zealand bivalve mollu…
Tellinella listeri (Röding, 1798)
Tellinella listeri, the speckled tellin, is a tellinid bivalve found in sandy ha…
Austromacoma constricta (Bruguière, 1792)
Austromacoma constricta is a bivalve in the Tellinidae family found in North and…
Bosemprella incarnata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Bosemprella incarnata is a bivalve species in the Tellinidae family found in Wes…
Macoma balthica (Linnaeus, 1758)
Limecola balthica is a small euryhaline infaunal marine bivalve found in norther…
Tellinidae animals belong to the Cardiida order in the Animalia kingdom. The posterior sections of both valves are distinctly bent toward the right. For instant identification, use the iNature app — AI-powered and works offline.
Tellinidae is classified in the order Cardiida, class Bivalvia, phylum Mollusca. Like all species in the genus Macoma, its siphons are distinctly separated, and the siphons have clear orange pigmentation.
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