Tellinidae is a family of marine bivalve molluscs of the order Veneroida

Veneroida

The Veneroida or veneroids are an order of bivalve molluscs. They include some familiar forms such as saltwater clams and cockles, and a number of freshwater bivalves including zebra mussels....

. They live under soft sediments in shallow seas.

Characteristics

Tellinids have rounded or oval, elongated shells, much flattened. The two valves are connected by a large external ligament. The two separate siphons are exceptionally long, sometimes several times the length of the shell. These siphons have a characteristic cruciform muscle at their base.

Genera

• Arcopagia Leach
  William Elford Leach
  William Elford Leach FRS was an English zoologist and marine biologist.Leach was born at Hoe Gate, Plymouth, the son of a solicitor. At the age of twelve he went to school in Exeter, studying anatomy and chemistry. By this time he was already collecting marine samples from Plymouth Sound and along...
  
   in Brown, 1827
• Cymatoica Dall
  W. H. Dall
  William Healey Dall was an American naturalist, a prominent malacologist, and one of the earliest scientific explorers of interior Alaska...
  
  , 1889
• Leporimetis Iredale
  Tom Iredale
  Tom Iredale was an English-born ornithologist and malacologist who had a long association with Australia, where he lived for most of his life. He was an autodidact who never went to university and lacked formal training...
  
  , 1930
• Macoma
  Macoma
  Macoma is a large genus of saltwater clams, marine bivalve mollusks in the family Tellinidae, the tellins.- Species :According to the World Register of Marine Species , the following species are included as accepted names within the genus Macoma * Macoma balthica * Macoma biota Arruda & Domaneschi,...
  
  Leach
  William Elford Leach
  William Elford Leach FRS was an English zoologist and marine biologist.Leach was born at Hoe Gate, Plymouth, the son of a solicitor. At the age of twelve he went to school in Exeter, studying anatomy and chemistry. By this time he was already collecting marine samples from Plymouth Sound and along...
  
  , 1819
• Macomona
  Macomona
  Macomona is a genus of marine bivalve molluscs, in the family Tellinidae.- Species :* Macomona australis * Macomona deltoidalis * Macomona imbellis * Macomona liliana...
  
  Finlay
  Harold John Finlay
  Harold John Finlay was a New Zealand palaeontologist and conchologist. He was born in Comilla, India , on 22 March 1901....
  
  , 1927
• Moerella Benson, 1842
• Psammotreta Dall
  W. H. Dall
  William Healey Dall was an American naturalist, a prominent malacologist, and one of the earliest scientific explorers of interior Alaska...
  
  , 1900
• Quidnipagus (Iredale
  Tom Iredale
  Tom Iredale was an English-born ornithologist and malacologist who had a long association with Australia, where he lived for most of his life. He was an autodidact who never went to university and lacked formal training...
  
  , 1929)
• Strigilla Turton
  William Turton
  William Turton was a British naturalist.Turton was born at Olveston, Gloucestershire and was educated at Oriel College, Oxford. He commenced in practice at Swansea, but devoted his leisure time to natural history, especially conchology...
  
  , 1822
• Tellidora Mörch
  Otto Andreas Lowson Mörch
  Otto Andreas Lowson Mörch was a biologist, specifically a malacologist. He lived in Sweden, in Denmark, and in France.- Taxa described :Bibliography and taxa described by Otto Andreas Lowson Mörch include:...
  
  , 1856
• Tellina
  Tellina
  Tellina is a widely distributed genus of marine bivalve molluscs, in the family Tellinidae.- Species :* Tellina aequistriata Say, 1824: striate tellin* Tellina agilis Stimpson, 1857: northern dwarf tellin, northern dwarf-tellin...
  
  Linnaeus, 1758