Range: 35°N to 9°N; 91°W to 61.2°W Depth: 0 to 27 m Maximum Reported Size: 88 mm
Synonymy
Tellina fausta Pulteney, 1799 Tellina laevis W. Wood, 1815 Tellina elliptica Sowerby II, 1868
Details
Tellina faustaPulteney, 1799, p. 29, [Lister pl. 266, fig. 102] [Basis of the current name] Attributed to: Solander MS Type Locality: "exotic"; Waymouth, Dorsetshire, England [in error; from ballast?] Range: 35°N to 9°N; 91°W to 61.2°W Depth: 0 to 27 m Maximum Reported Size: 88 mm Distribution: USA: Florida: East Florida, Florida Keys; Mexico: Alacran Reef, Quintana Roo; Belize; Honduras: Swan Island; Cuba: Holguin; St. Vincent & the Grenadines: Mustique References: Rice & Kornicker (1962) M; Britton (1975) d; Vegas Torres (2004); Mikkelsen & Bieler (2004) c; Hewitt (2005a) E Comments: Nude name in Lightfoot (1786), p. 14 (#290), 28 (#661), 31 (#740) and 104 (#2282).
Tellina elliptica Sowerby II, 1868, [Synonym]
Tellina laevis W. Wood, 1815, [Synonym]
Partial List of References
Pulteney, R. 1799. Catalogues of the Birds, Shells and some of the more rare Plants of Dorsetshire i + 92 pp. J. Nichols: London.
