North Atlantic Register of Marine Species (NARMS)

NARMS taxon details

Tellimya T. Brown, 1827

AphiaID

146937 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:146937)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Mya ferruginosa Montagu, 1808 accepted as Tellimya ferruginosa (Montagu, 1808) (type by subsequent designation)

Parent

Montacutinae W. Clark, 1855

Original name

Tellimya T. Brown, 1827

Synonymised names

Decipula Jeffreys, 1876 · unaccepted

Montacuta (Tellimya) T. Brown, 1827 · unaccepted

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Species Tellimya ferruginosa (Montagu, 1808)
Species Tellimya pura (E. A. Smith, 1885)
Species Tellimya semirubra (Gaglini, 1992)
Species Tellimya tenella (Lovén, 1846)
Species Tellimya voeringi (Friele, 1877)
Species Tellimya elliptica T. Brown, 1827 accepted as Tellimya ferruginosa (Montagu, 1808) (synonym)
Species Tellimya fontemaggii A. Conti, 1864 accepted as Thracia phaseolina (Lamarck, 1818)
Species Tellimya glabrum T. Brown, 1827 accepted as Tellimya ferruginosa (Montagu, 1808)
Species Tellimya lactea T. Brown, 1827 accepted as Kellia suborbicularis (Montagu, 1803)
Species Tellimya nivea G. O. Sars, 1878 accepted as Tellimya ferruginosa (Montagu, 1808) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Tellimya ovalis G. O. Sars, 1878 accepted as Tellimya tenella (Lovén, 1846) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Tellimya phascolionis (Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1925) accepted as Mioerycina coarctata (S. V. Wood, 1851) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Tellimya tenuis T. Brown, 1827 accepted as Kellia suborbicularis (Montagu, 1803) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)

Environment

marine

Original description

Brown, T. (1827). Illustrations of the Conchology of Great Britain and Ireland. Drawn from Nature. W.H. Lizars and D. Lizars, Edinburgh and S. Highley, London. [i–vi] + i–v pp., 52 pls [1–52, 10*, with unpaginated plate explanations]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/127868
page(s): pl. xiv [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Tellimya T. Brown, 1827. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2021) European Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=146937 on 2026-06-23

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Tellimya T. Brown, 1827. Accessed at: https://vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=146937 on 2026-06-23

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2005-02-24 16:24:45Z

created

Claus, Simon

2005-04-14 07:47:17Z

changed

Cuvelier, Daphne

2012-01-01 10:07:34Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

2017-09-26 03:45:50Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

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original description Brown, T. (1827). Illustrations of the Conchology of Great Britain and Ireland. Drawn from Nature. W.H. Lizars and D. Lizars, Edinburgh and S. Highley, London. [i–vi] + i–v pp., 52 pls [1–52, 10*, with unpaginated plate explanations]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/127868
page(s): pl. xiv [details]

original description (of Decipula Jeffreys, 1876) Friele H. 1876. Bidrag til Vestlandets Molluskfauna. Forhandlinger i Videnskabs-selskabet i Christiania, 1875: 57-64,, available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43854814
page(s): 57 [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

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Unreviewed

Montacuta ferruginosa

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Eben (1884, plaat 5)

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