Tellina tenuis, the thin tellin, is a species of marine bivalve mollusc in the family Tellinidae. It is found off the coasts of northwest Europe and in the Mediterranean Sea, where it lives buried in sandy sediments.
Bivalves are molluscs with a body compressed between two usually similar shell valves joined by an elastic ligament. There are teeth at the edge of the shell and the animal has a muscular foot, gills, siphons, mouth and gut and is surrounded by a mantle inside the shell.
Tellinatenuis, the thin tellin, is a species of marine bivalve mollusc in the family Tellinidae. It is found off the coasts of northwest Europe and in...
closely related species, Tellinatenuis is found over the same distribution range but the two are not usually in competition as T. tenuis occurs from the middle...
locality for species †Taphrosphys sulcatus – type locality for species Tellina †Tellina eborea †Tellinimera †Tellinimera buboana †Tellinimera eborea †Tellinimera...
genus †Tanaocrossus kalliokoskii – type locality for species †Tanocrossus Tellina †Tenea †Tenea parilis Teredo †Teredo irregularis †Texanites †Texanites...
atlanticus Contents A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Tellina Terebra †Terebra juvenicostata Turbonilla †Turbonilla interrupta Turritella...
for species Contents A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Tellina †Terminonaris †Terminonaris browni – or unidentified comparable form †Toxochelys...
type locality for genus †Styxosaurus snowii – type locality for species Tellina †Terminonaris †Toxochelys †Toxochelys latiremis Trachycardium †Tragodesmoceras...
notus Tellina †Tellina – type locality for species A – informal †Tellina alisoensis †Tellina ashburnerii †Tellina ooides †Tellina paralis †Tellina quadrata...
recorded as Tellina trilatera Gmelin, 1791, Gilchrist's tellin, Moerella tulipa (Hanley, 1844) (Cape Columbine to Eastern Cape) recorded as Tellina gilchristi...