Tellinella listeri (Röding, 1798) is a animal in the Tellinidae family, order Cardiida, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Tellinella listeri (Röding, 1798)

Tellinella listeri (Röding, 1798)

Tellinella listeri, the speckled tellin, is a tellinid bivalve found in sandy habitats of the Eastern Caribbean and Florida Keys.

Family
Genus
Tellinella
Order
Cardiida
Class
Bivalvia

About Tellinella listeri (Röding, 1798)

Tellinella listeri, commonly known as the speckled tellin, is a species of bivalve mollusc that belongs to the family Tellinidae, the tellins. This species is distributed across St. Vincent, Barbados, and other Eastern Caribbean islands, where it lives in sandy areas at depths of 5 to 15 metres. Its range extends as far north as the Florida Keys.

Photo: (c) Hans Hillewaert, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · cc-by-sa

Taxonomy

Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Cardiida Tellinidae Tellinella

More from Tellinidae

Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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