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A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

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Bivalvia: Euheterodonta: Tellinoidea: Tellininae

Angulus agilis (Stimpson, 1857)


Range: 49°N to 31°N; 80°W to 65°W
Depth: 0 to 46 m
Maximum Reported Size: 16  mm

Synonymy

Tellina tenera Say, 1822
Tellina elucens Mighels, 1844
Tellina agilis Stimpson, 1857

Details


Tellina agilis Stimpson, 1857,
[Basis of the current name]
Range: 49°N to 31°N; 80°W to 65°W
Depth: 0 to 46 m
Maximum Reported Size: 16 mm
Distribution: Canada: Gulf of St. Lawrence; USA: Massachusetts, New York, New Jersey, Delaware, Georgia
References: Long Island Shell Club (1988) D; Mikkelsen & Bieler (2004) c

Tellina elucens Mighels, 1844, p. 188
[Synonymy uncertain]
Type Locality: Casco Bay [Maine]
Range: 43.9°N ; 70°W
Maximum Reported Size: 10.2 mm
Distribution: USA: Maine
References: Mighels (1844) NSEWM

Tellina tenera Say, 1822, 
[Objective synonym of valid name]
Distribution: USA: Virginia
Comments: Non Schrank, 1803.


Partial List of References

Mighels, J. W. 1844. [Some specimens of shells, with descriptions] Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History 1 187-189.

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