North Atlantic Register of Marine Species (NARMS)

NARMS name details

Tellina balaustina Linnaeus, 1758

AphiaID

182680 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:182680)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (original combination)

Accepted name

Arcopella balaustina (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rank

Species

Type taxon of

Arcopagia (Arcopella) Thiele, 1934
Arcopella Thiele, 1934

Parent

Tellina Linnaeus, 1758

Original name

Tellina balaustina Linnaeus, 1758

Direct children (2)

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Variety Tellina balaustina var. albida Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1886 accepted as Arcopella balaustina (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym)
Variety Tellina balaustina var. major Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1886 accepted as Arcopella balaustina (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym)

Environment

marine

Original description

Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 676 [details] Available for editors

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Tellina balaustina Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2021) European Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=182680 on 2026-08-05

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Tellina balaustina Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed at: https://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=182680 on 2026-08-05

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2005-09-29 07:51:57Z

created

Claus, Simon

2010-07-20 09:27:15Z

changed

Appeltans, Ward

2013-03-31 09:47:20Z

checked

Bouchet, Philippe

2013-04-05 17:40:15Z

changed

Sartori, André F.

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original description Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 676 [details] Available for editors

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

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