North Atlantic Register of Marine Species (NARMS)

ERMS taxon details

Moerella pulchella (Lamarck, 1818)

Tellina pulchella Lamarck, 1818 Specimen from La Goulette, Tunisia (soft bottoms 3-4 m, 18.08.2009), actual size 18 mm

AphiaID

1055920 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1055920)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Moerella P. Fischer, 1887

Original name

Tellina pulchella Lamarck, 1818

Synonymised names

Atlantella pulchella (Lamarck, 1818) · unaccepted

Tellina (Tellinella) pulchella Lamarck, 1818 · unaccepted

Tellina lineolata Risso, 1826 · unaccepted

Tellina pulchella Lamarck, 1818 · unaccepted > superseded combination

Tellina pulchella var. centralis De Gregorio, 1885 · unaccepted (synonym)

Tellina pulchella var. polii De Gregorio, 1885 · unaccepted (synonym)

Tellina pulchella var. rosea Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1898 · unaccepted (synonym)

Environment

marine

Original description

(of Tellina pulchella Lamarck, 1818) Lamarck, J.B. (1818). [Histoire naturelle des Animaux sans Vertèbres, préséntant les caractères généraux et particuliers de ces animaux, leur distribution, leurs classes, leurs familles, leurs genres, et la citation des principales espèces qui s'y rapportent; precedes d'une Introduction offrant la determination des caracteres essentiels de l'Animal, sa distinction du vegetal et desautres corps naturels, enfin, l'Exposition des Principes fondamentaux de la Zoologie. [ Natural History of Animals without Vertebrae, presenting the general and particular characters of these animals, their distribution, their classes, their families, their genera, and the citation of the principal species which relate to them; preceded by an Introduction offering the determination of the essential characters of the Animal, its distinction from the vegetable and other natural bodies, finally, the Exposition of the fundamental Principles of Zoology]. Paris, Deterville. vol 5: 612 pp., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12886879
page(s): 526 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Moerella pulchella (Lamarck, 1818). Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2024) European Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marbef.org/data../aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1055920 on 2025-01-03

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025). European Register of Marine Species. Moerella pulchella (Lamarck, 1818). Accessed at: http://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1055920 on 2025-01-03

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2018-01-24 10:17:05Z

created

Gofas, Serge

Licensing

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original description (of Tellina pulchella Lamarck, 1818) Lamarck, J.B. (1818). [Histoire naturelle des Animaux sans Vertèbres, préséntant les caractères généraux et particuliers de ces animaux, leur distribution, leurs classes, leurs familles, leurs genres, et la citation des principales espèces qui s'y rapportent; precedes d'une Introduction offrant la determination des caracteres essentiels de l'Animal, sa distinction du vegetal et desautres corps naturels, enfin, l'Exposition des Principes fondamentaux de la Zoologie. [ Natural History of Animals without Vertebrae, presenting the general and particular characters of these animals, their distribution, their classes, their families, their genera, and the citation of the principal species which relate to them; preceded by an Introduction offering the determination of the essential characters of the Animal, its distinction from the vegetable and other natural bodies, finally, the Exposition of the fundamental Principles of Zoology]. Paris, Deterville. vol 5: 612 pp., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12886879
page(s): 526 [details]

original description (of Tellina lineolata Risso, 1826) Risso, A. (1826-1827). Histoire naturelle des principales productions de l'Europe Méridionale et particulièrement de celles des environs de Nice et des Alpes Maritimes. [book series]. 400 pp., 13 pls. [volumes 1-5. Paris, F.G. Levrault. vol. 3. Mammifères. Oiseaux. Poissons / vol. 4. Mollusques. Annélides / vol. 5. Crustacés. Myriapodes, scorpionides, arachnides et acarides. Insectes. Vers intestinaux. Radiaires. Zoophytes]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/58984 [details]

original description (of Tellina pulchella var. rosea Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1898) Bucquoy, E.; Dautzenberg, P.; Dollfus, G. (1887-1898). Les mollusques marins du Roussillon. Tome II. Pélécypodes. Paris, J.B. Baillière & fils; 884 p., 99 pl. [pp. 1-24, pl. 1-6, 1887; pp. 25-60, pl. 7-11, 1888; pp. 61-112, pl. 12-21, 1889; pp. 113-172, pl. 22-29, 1890; pp. 173-220, pl. 30-37, 1891; pp. 221-320, pl. 38-51, 1892; pp. 321-450, pl. 52-67, 1893; pp. 453-540, pl. 68-70, 1895; pp. 541-620, pl. 79-88, 1896; pp. 621-884, pl. 89-99, 1898]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/58552309
page(s): 644 [details]

basis of record Brunetti, M. M. & Della Bella, G. (2023). La Famiglia Tellinidae Blainville, 1814, nel Plio-Pleistocene dell'Europa meridionale, terza e ultima parte: i generi Macomopsis Sacco, 1901 e Moerella P. Fischer, 1887 con descrizione di quattro specie nuove. Bollettino Malacologico. 58(2): 188-213.
page(s): 206, figs 11A-D [details] Available for editors