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Moerella distorta (Poli, 1791)

Tellina distorta Poli, 1791Specimen from La Goulette, Tunisia (soft bottoms 10-15 m, 18.08.2009), actual size 15.6 mm
Tellina distorta Poli, 1791
Specimen from La Goulette, Tunisia (soft bottoms 10-15 m, 18.08.2009), actual size 15.6 mm

724452 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:724452)

accepted
Species
marine
(of Tellina distorta Poli, 1791) Poli J.X. (1791). <i>Testacea utriusque Siciliae eorumque historia et anatome tabulis aeneis illustrata.</i> Ex Regio Typographeio, Parmae. Vol. 1: pp. i-lxxiii, [1-6], i-x, 1-90, 1-50, [1], 1-74, pls 1-18. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44019471
page(s): 39; pl. 15 fig. 11 [details] 
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Moerella distorta (Poli, 1791). Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: http://marbef.org//marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=724452 on 2026-08-05
Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Moerella distorta (Poli, 1791). Accessed at: https://vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=724452 on 2026-08-05
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2013-04-05 17:40:15Z
created
Sartori, André F.
2014-01-17 21:57:49Z
changed
Gofas, Serge
2016-02-07 19:41:47Z
changed
Gofas, Serge
2018-01-24 10:17:05Z
changed
Gofas, Serge

original description (of Tellina distorta Poli, 1791) Poli J.X. (1791). <i>Testacea utriusque Siciliae eorumque historia et anatome tabulis aeneis illustrata.</i> Ex Regio Typographeio, Parmae. Vol. 1: pp. i-lxxiii, [1-6], i-x, 1-90, 1-50, [1], 1-74, pls 1-18. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44019471
page(s): 39; pl. 15 fig. 11 [details] 

additional source Brunetti, M. M. & Della Bella, G. (2023). La Famiglia Tellinidae Blainville, 1814, nel Plio-Pleistocene dell'Europa meridionale, terza e ultima parte: i generi <i>Macomopsis</i> Sacco, 1901 e <i>Moerella</i> P. Fischer, 1887 con descrizione di quattro specie nuove. <em>Bollettino Malacologico.</em> 58(2): 188-213., available online at https://doi.org/10.53559/bollmalacol.2023.07
page(s): 201, figs 8A-D [details] Available for editors  PDF available

identification resource Cosel, R. von; Gofas, S. (2019). <i>Marine bivalves of tropical West Africa: from Rio de Oro to southern Angola</i>. Publications Scientifiques du Muséum, Paris, IRD Éditions, Marseille (Faune et Flore tropicales, volume 48): 1-1104. , available online at https://doi.org/10.5852/fft48
page(s): 592-593 [details] 
 
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To Biodiversity Heritage Library (76 publications) (from synonym Tellina distorta Poli, 1791)
To Malacopics (Moerella distorta (Poli, 1791) Italy, Liguria, Savona, Laigueglia, at 15 m depth, c... 
To Malacopics (Moerella distorta (Poli, 1791) Netherlands, Zeeland, Domburg) 
To PESI (from synonym Tellina distorta Poli, 1791)
To PESI 
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