Tellina

Tellina is a widely distributed genus of marine bivalve molluscs, in the family Tellinidae. It is also known as "tellin" in English.

Tellina

Rebecca Johnson · CC BY 4.0 · via Wikipedia/Commons. May be a photograph of a specimen, or an artist’s reconstruction — an interpretation of a skeleton, since colour and soft tissue are almost never preserved.

On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
TellinidaePBDB
Diet
deposit feederPBDB
Life habit
deep infaunalPBDB
Motility
facultatively mobilePBDB
Vision
blindPBDB, for Bivalvia

Time the record covers

At least 241 million years on record.

The record covers at least 241.464 Mya to 11.7 ka. No occurrence read is dated outside 247 Mya to 0 Mya.

Early Triassic — about 0 of 2104 occurrencesMiddle Triassic — about 7 of 2104 occurrencesLate Triassic — about 1 of 2104 occurrencesLate TriassicEarly Jurassic — about 2 of 2104 occurrencesEarly JurassicMiddle Jurassic — about 0 of 2104 occurrencesLate Jurassic — about 3 of 2104 occurrencesEarly Cretaceous — about 27 of 2104 occurrencesEarly CretaceousLate Cretaceous — about 199 of 2104 occurrencesLate CretaceousPaleocene — about 166 of 2104 occurrencesEocene — about 548 of 2104 occurrencesEoceneOligocene — about 176 of 2104 occurrencesMiocene — about 469 of 2104 occurrencesPliocene — about 201 of 2104 occurrencesPleistocene — about 269 of 2104 occurrences252–244 Mya — about 4 occurrences244–235 Mya — about 3 occurrences235–227 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences227–218 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences218–210 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences210–202 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences202–193 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences193–185 Mya — about 2 occurrences185–176 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences168–160 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences160–151 Mya — about 1 occurrence151–143 Mya — about 1 occurrence143–134 Mya — about 0.7 occurrences134–126 Mya — about 4 occurrences126–118 Mya — about 3 occurrences118–109 Mya — about 8 occurrences109–101 Mya — about 12 occurrences101–92 Mya — about 24 occurrences92–84 Mya — about 13 occurrences84–76 Mya — about 34 occurrences76–67 Mya — about 107 occurrences67–59 Mya — about 98 occurrences59–50 Mya — about 171 occurrences50–42 Mya — about 137 occurrences42–34 Mya — about 335 occurrences34–25 Mya — about 138 occurrences25–17 Mya — about 195 occurrences17–8.4 Mya — about 238 occurrences8.4–0 Mya — about 576 occurrences241.464 Mya11.7 ka252 Mya0 Mya

2,104 occurrences of Tellina on record, most of them in the Eocene. The Paleobiology Database records this as a living group. Bar height is expected occurrences, not a count: each fossil is spread across the span it is dated to, so a tall narrow bar means tight dating and a low wide one means loose.

When

2,104 occurrences

These are dates about fossils, not the animal: the record can only begin after it arose and end before it died out, so either end may reach further. Shares are expected occurrences: a fossil dated to a span is counted partly in each period it straddles. More on what this infers.

Found in

392 formations

Gatun — 9.35°N, 79.81°WGatun — 9.35°N, 79.83°WGatun — 9.33°N, 79.89°WGatun — 9.17°N, 80.00°WEugene — 44.06°N, 123.22°WEugene — 44.05°N, 123.09°WEugene — 44.16°N, 123.05°WEugene — 44.05°N, 123.02°WEugene — 45.21°N, 123.20°WEugene — 44.04°N, 123.06°WEugene — 44.98°N, 123.21°WEugene — 44.94°N, 123.03°WProvidence — 31.87°N, 86.08°WProvidence — 31.86°N, 85.95°WProvidence — 31.92°N, 85.82°WProvidence — 31.89°N, 85.70°WProvidence — 31.95°N, 85.68°WProvidence — 31.84°N, 85.22°WProvidence — 31.78°N, 85.14°WProvidence — 31.73°N, 85.12°WProvidence — 31.82°N, 84.97°WByram — 32.01°N, 89.38°WByram — 32.18°N, 90.25°WByram — 32.32°N, 90.86°WByram — 32.41°N, 90.84°WMoodys Branch — 31.88°N, 88.32°WMoodys Branch — 31.88°N, 88.68°WMoodys Branch — 32.33°N, 90.15°WMoodys Branch — 31.51°N, 87.89°WMoodys Branch — 31.67°N, 92.89°WMoodys Branch — 33.96°N, 92.19°WMoodys Branch — 31.97°N, 88.53°WMoodys Branch — 32.17°N, 88.83°WMoodys Branch — 32.01°N, 92.00°WMoodys Branch — 32.98°N, 90.30°WHatchetigbee Bluff — 31.93°N, 88.06°WHatchetigbee Bluff — 32.08°N, 88.22°WHatchetigbee Bluff — 32.37°N, 88.68°WHatchetigbee Bluff — 31.35°N, 86.08°WHatchetigbee Bluff — 32.25°N, 88.43°WHatchetigbee Bluff — 31.32°N, 86.00°WHatchetigbee Bluff — 31.45°N, 85.63°WHatchetigbee Bluff — 31.53°N, 87.32°WHatchetigbee Bluff — 31.65°N, 88.08°WHatchetigbee Bluff — 31.84°N, 87.53°WHatchetigbee Bluff — 31.07°N, 88.03°WBowden — 17.88°N, 76.28°WLisbon — 31.53°N, 87.60°WLisbon — 31.84°N, 88.25°WLisbon — 31.50°N, 87.80°WLisbon — 31.76°N, 88.10°WLisbon — 31.30°N, 86.48°WLisbon — 31.54°N, 87.52°WTemblor — 35.95°N, 120.22°WTemblor — 35.95°N, 120.25°WTemblor — 36.34°N, 120.36°WTemblor — 35.50°N, 119.78°WTemblor — 35.88°N, 120.10°WTemblor — 35.42°N, 119.85°WTemblor — 35.40°N, 119.81°WCook Mountain — 31.29°N, 86.56°WCook Mountain — 31.31°N, 86.48°WCook Mountain — 32.04°N, 88.73°WCook Mountain — 32.10°N, 88.86°WCook Mountain — 30.00°N, 97.14°WCook Mountain — 31.63°N, 95.58°WCook Mountain — 27.51°N, 99.51°WCook Mountain — 31.09°N, 95.95°WCook Mountain — 31.22°N, 95.72°WCook Mountain — 31.25°N, 95.72°WCook Mountain — 30.63°N, 96.55°WCook Mountain — 30.63°N, 96.54°WCook Mountain — 30.07°N, 97.08°WCaloosahatchee — 26.89°N, 82.01°WCaloosahatchee — 26.45°N, 80.86°WCaloosahatchee — 26.96°N, 81.99°WCaloosahatchee — 26.75°N, 80.93°WCaloosahatchee — 26.80°N, 81.37°WCaloosahatchee — 27.77°N, 82.68°WCaloosahatchee — 26.76°N, 81.46°WCaloosahatchee — 26.96°N, 81.17°WShoal River — 30.72°N, 86.12°WShoal River — 30.72°N, 86.04°WShoal River — 30.65°N, 86.04°WShoal River — 30.63°N, 86.17°WShoal River — 30.69°N, 86.65°WSanta Susana — 34.11°N, 118.57°WSanta Susana — 34.31°N, 118.68°WSanta Susana — 34.24°N, 118.73°WSanta Susana — 34.22°N, 118.79°WTuscahoma — 31.82°N, 87.37°WTuscahoma — 31.83°N, 87.53°WTuscahoma — 31.85°N, 87.53°WTuscahoma — 31.54°N, 87.52°WMartinez — 38.06°N, 122.24°WMartinez — 38.05°N, 122.15°WMartinez — 38.02°N, 122.10°WMartinez — 38.21°N, 121.99°WMartinez — 38.90°N, 122.60°WMorne l'Enfer — 10.23°N, 61.63°WChipola — 30.44°N, 85.19°WChipola — 30.57°N, 85.84°WChipola — 30.43°N, 84.98°WChipola — 30.47°N, 84.99°WKeasey — 46.00°N, 123.26°WKeasey — 45.75°N, 123.25°WKeasey — 45.72°N, 123.20°WKeasey — 45.74°N, 123.27°WKeasey — 45.88°N, 123.26°WGosport Sand — 31.52°N, 87.90°WGosport Sand — 31.54°N, 87.52°WGosport Sand — 31.50°N, 87.80°WGosport Sand — 31.13°N, 87.93°WGosport Sand — 31.53°N, 88.05°WSpringvale — 10.62°N, 61.05°WPalos Verdes Sand — 33.80°N, 118.16°WPalos Verdes Sand — 33.99°N, 118.45°WPalos Verdes Sand — 33.60°N, 117.88°WPalos Verdes Sand — 33.71°N, 118.27°WPalos Verdes Sand — 33.66°N, 117.94°WNacatoch Sand — 32.10°N, 96.47°WNacatoch Sand — 32.59°N, 96.31°WNacatoch Sand — 33.14°N, 96.11°WCulebra — 9.05°N, 79.65°WCulebra — 9.76°N, 79.68°WCulebra — 9.03°N, 79.64°WCulebra — 9.13°N, 79.62°WPittsburg Bluff — 45.87°N, 123.12°WPittsburg Bluff — 45.59°N, 123.21°WPittsburg Bluff — 46.13°N, 123.37°WPittsburg Bluff — 45.69°N, 123.19°WPittsburg Bluff — 45.82°N, 123.18°WPittsburg Bluff — 46.00°N, 123.26°WPittsburg Bluff — 45.83°N, 123.98°WPittsburg Bluff — 45.90°N, 123.15°W

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The named rock units Tellina has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 368 further formations hold fewer occurrences each and are not listed. 295 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Tellina and its relatives

Eocene

Where Tellina and its relatives were recorded in the Eocene.

Found in the same rock

2,622 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 1,175 sites for Tellina, and this reads 240 of them. Of that, one read hit the database's own return limit, so every count below is a floor rather than a total. The number is how many of those sites it was catalogued from too. The 24 sharing the most are listed.

This is not a list of everything alive at the time. It is only what has come out of the same ground as this animal and been written down.

Entered from

440 references

Each of the 2,104 occurrences read was entered from one of these publications, ordered by how many each accounts for. This is not a search for papers mentioning the name. 428 further references are not listed. Entries link to doi.org where the Paleobiology Database holds an identifier, and to its own record where it does not. Relayed as the Paleobiology Database holds them, not checked against what they resolve to.

Media and terms

Media content2

Picture of Tellina

Credit
Rebecca Johnson
Licence
CC BY 4.0
Commercial use
the licence allows it

CT scan

Licence
In Copyright
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Specimen
Tellina radiata · fmnh:invertebrate zoology:208420

The description on this site

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CC BY-SA 4.0

This is what the site found, which is not the same as what exists.

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What may have been alongside itTellinidae through timeFormations of the EoceneThe world it lived on

Occurrence data from the Paleobiology Database, CC BY 4.0. (Linnaeus 1758)