Tellinidae

The Tellinidae are a family of marine bivalve molluscs of the order Cardiida. Commonly known as tellins or tellens, they live fairly deep in soft sediments in shallow seas and respire using long siphons that reach up to the surface of the sediment.

Tellinidae

Hans Hillewaert · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via Wikipedia/Commons. May be a photograph of a specimen, or an artist’s reconstruction — an interpretation of a skeleton, since colour and soft tissue are almost never preserved.

On record

Recorded, not inferred
Also called
tellin clamPBDB
Sits inside
TellinoideaPBDB
Diet
deposit feederPBDB
Life habit
infaunalPBDB
Motility
facultatively mobilePBDB
Vision
blindPBDB, for Bivalvia

Time the record covers

At least 241 million years on record.

The record covers at least 241.464 Mya to 11.7 ka. No occurrence read is dated outside 247 Mya to 0 Mya.

Early Triassic — about 0 of 5728 occurrencesMiddle Triassic — about 7 of 5728 occurrencesLate Triassic — about 1 of 5728 occurrencesLate TriassicEarly Jurassic — about 2 of 5728 occurrencesEarly JurassicMiddle Jurassic — about 0 of 5728 occurrencesLate Jurassic — about 3 of 5728 occurrencesEarly Cretaceous — about 63 of 5728 occurrencesEarly CretaceousLate Cretaceous — about 965 of 5728 occurrencesLate CretaceousPaleocene — about 212 of 5728 occurrencesEocene — about 839 of 5728 occurrencesEoceneOligocene — about 388 of 5728 occurrencesMiocene — about 1344 of 5728 occurrencesPliocene — about 592 of 5728 occurrencesPleistocene — about 1175 of 5728 occurrences252–244 Mya — about 4 occurrences244–235 Mya — about 3 occurrences235–227 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences227–218 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences218–210 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences210–202 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences202–193 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences193–185 Mya — about 2 occurrences185–176 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences168–160 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences160–151 Mya — about 1 occurrence151–143 Mya — about 1 occurrence143–134 Mya — about 2 occurrences134–126 Mya — about 4 occurrences126–118 Mya — about 12 occurrences118–109 Mya — about 17 occurrences109–101 Mya — about 27 occurrences101–92 Mya — about 86 occurrences92–84 Mya — about 27 occurrences84–76 Mya — about 107 occurrences76–67 Mya — about 613 occurrences67–59 Mya — about 239 occurrences59–50 Mya — about 219 occurrences50–42 Mya — about 249 occurrences42–34 Mya — about 488 occurrences34–25 Mya — about 292 occurrences25–17 Mya — about 494 occurrences17–8.4 Mya — about 694 occurrences8.4–0 Mya — about 2146 occurrences241.464 Mya11.7 ka252 Mya0 Mya

5,728 occurrences of Tellinidae on record, most of them in the Miocene. The Paleobiology Database records this as a living group. Bar height is expected occurrences, not a count: each fossil is spread across the span it is dated to, so a tall narrow bar means tight dating and a low wide one means loose.

When

5,728 occurrences

These are dates about fossils, not the animal: the record can only begin after it arose and end before it died out, so either end may reach further. Shares are expected occurrences: a fossil dated to a span is counted partly in each period it straddles. More on what this infers.

Found in

647 formations

Providence — 31.91°N, 86.17°WProvidence — 31.87°N, 86.08°WProvidence — 31.97°N, 86.00°WProvidence — 31.86°N, 85.95°WProvidence — 31.92°N, 85.82°WProvidence — 31.89°N, 85.70°WProvidence — 31.95°N, 85.68°WProvidence — 31.92°N, 85.35°WProvidence — 31.84°N, 85.22°WProvidence — 31.78°N, 85.14°WProvidence — 31.75°N, 85.12°WProvidence — 31.82°N, 84.97°WProvidence — 31.89°N, 85.21°WGatun — 9.35°N, 79.81°WGatun — 9.35°N, 79.83°WGatun — 9.35°N, 79.85°WGatun — 9.33°N, 79.89°WGatun — 9.17°N, 80.00°WPalos Verdes Sand — 33.80°N, 118.16°WPalos Verdes Sand — 33.99°N, 118.45°WPalos Verdes Sand — 33.60°N, 117.88°WPalos Verdes Sand — 33.71°N, 118.27°WPalos Verdes Sand — 33.66°N, 117.94°WTemblor — 35.95°N, 120.25°WTemblor — 35.95°N, 120.22°WTemblor — 36.34°N, 120.36°WTemblor — 36.37°N, 120.29°WTemblor — 35.50°N, 119.78°WTemblor — 35.88°N, 120.10°WTemblor — 35.42°N, 119.85°WTemblor — 35.40°N, 119.81°WTemblor — 35.47°N, 119.91°WTemblor — 35.38°N, 120.15°WTemblor — 35.52°N, 118.90°WEugene — 44.04°N, 123.08°WEugene — 44.07°N, 123.21°WEugene — 44.05°N, 123.09°WEugene — 44.16°N, 123.05°WEugene — 44.05°N, 123.02°WEugene — 45.21°N, 123.20°WEugene — 44.98°N, 123.21°WEugene — 44.94°N, 123.03°WMoodys Branch — 32.85°N, 90.41°WMoodys Branch — 32.95°N, 90.17°WMoodys Branch — 32.23°N, 92.15°WMoodys Branch — 32.01°N, 92.00°WMoodys Branch — 32.33°N, 90.15°WMoodys Branch — 31.88°N, 88.69°WMoodys Branch — 31.88°N, 88.32°WMoodys Branch — 31.51°N, 87.89°WMoodys Branch — 31.67°N, 92.89°WMoodys Branch — 33.96°N, 92.19°WMoodys Branch — 31.97°N, 88.53°WMoodys Branch — 32.17°N, 88.83°WMoodys Branch — 32.98°N, 90.30°WVaqueros — 34.04°N, 120.04°WVaqueros — 33.54°N, 117.78°WVaqueros — 33.68°N, 117.76°WVaqueros — 33.65°N, 117.81°WVaqueros — 33.77°N, 117.89°WVaqueros — 33.64°N, 117.59°WVaqueros — 34.33°N, 118.83°WVaqueros — 34.00°N, 119.80°WVaqueros — 34.33°N, 119.03°WVaqueros — 34.07°N, 119.66°WVaqueros — 34.04°N, 118.88°WVaqueros — 34.07°N, 118.71°WVaqueros — 34.37°N, 118.82°WVaqueros — 34.32°N, 119.08°WVaqueros — 34.35°N, 118.92°WVaqueros — 34.45°N, 118.92°WVaqueros — 34.58°N, 118.91°WVaqueros — 34.57°N, 119.02°WVaqueros — 34.37°N, 119.33°WVaqueros — 34.44°N, 119.20°WVaqueros — 34.93°N, 119.05°WVaqueros — 34.98°N, 120.21°WVaqueros — 35.31°N, 120.04°WVaqueros — 35.25°N, 120.06°WVaqueros — 35.82°N, 121.06°WVaqueros — 36.07°N, 121.28°WVaqueros — 36.18°N, 121.31°WPancho Rico — 36.24°N, 121.29°WPancho Rico — 36.18°N, 121.18°WPancho Rico — 36.05°N, 121.18°WPancho Rico — 35.89°N, 121.05°WPancho Rico — 35.90°N, 120.84°WPancho Rico — 35.99°N, 120.91°WPancho Rico — 36.00°N, 120.45°WPancho Rico — 35.74°N, 120.83°WPancho Rico — 36.13°N, 121.02°WPancho Rico — 36.19°N, 120.86°WPancho Rico — 36.03°N, 120.80°WPancho Rico — 35.94°N, 120.68°WPancho Rico — 35.97°N, 120.73°WPancho Rico — 35.89°N, 120.56°WPancho Rico — 36.06°N, 121.20°WBowden — 17.88°N, 76.28°WCaloosahatchee — 25.95°N, 81.36°WCaloosahatchee — 26.89°N, 82.01°WCaloosahatchee — 26.45°N, 80.86°WCaloosahatchee — 26.96°N, 81.99°WCaloosahatchee — 26.75°N, 80.93°WCaloosahatchee — 26.80°N, 81.37°WCaloosahatchee — 27.77°N, 82.68°WCaloosahatchee — 26.76°N, 81.46°WCaloosahatchee — 26.96°N, 81.17°WCaloosahatchee — 26.79°N, 81.30°WLisbon — 31.53°N, 87.60°WLisbon — 31.84°N, 88.25°WLisbon — 31.50°N, 87.80°WLisbon — 31.76°N, 88.10°WLisbon — 31.30°N, 86.48°WLisbon — 31.32°N, 86.73°WLisbon — 31.54°N, 87.52°WLisbon — 31.60°N, 87.55°WLisbon — 31.82°N, 88.24°WShoal River — 30.72°N, 86.12°WShoal River — 30.72°N, 86.04°WShoal River — 30.65°N, 86.04°WShoal River — 30.63°N, 86.17°WShoal River — 30.69°N, 86.65°WCorsicana Marl — 33.15°N, 96.04°WCorsicana Marl — 32.86°N, 96.21°WCorsicana Marl — 32.53°N, 96.27°WCorsicana Marl — 32.22°N, 96.31°WCorsicana Marl — 32.06°N, 96.47°WCorsicana Marl — 32.05°N, 96.44°WCorsicana Marl — 31.40°N, 96.73°WCorsicana Marl — 30.94°N, 96.95°WCorsicana Marl — 30.37°N, 97.46°WCorsicana Marl — 30.37°N, 97.45°WCorsicana Marl — 30.30°N, 97.46°WCorsicana Marl — 29.95°N, 97.71°WCorsicana Marl — 29.83°N, 97.84°WCorsicana Marl — 29.75°N, 97.88°WCorsicana Marl — 29.60°N, 98.03°WCorsicana Marl — 29.49°N, 98.19°WCorsicana Marl — 29.44°N, 98.56°WCorsicana Marl — 31.30°N, 96.90°WPrairie Bluff — 34.63°N, 88.84°WPrairie Bluff — 34.51°N, 88.92°WPrairie Bluff — 34.25°N, 88.97°WPrairie Bluff — 33.90°N, 88.98°WPrairie Bluff — 33.79°N, 88.97°WPrairie Bluff — 33.79°N, 88.91°WPrairie Bluff — 33.72°N, 88.92°WPrairie Bluff — 33.05°N, 88.56°WPrairie Bluff — 34.48°N, 88.98°WPrairie Bluff — 32.73°N, 88.30°WPrairie Bluff — 32.74°N, 88.36°WPrairie Bluff — 32.70°N, 88.17°WPrairie Bluff — 32.61°N, 88.18°WPrairie Bluff — 32.39°N, 87.92°WPrairie Bluff — 32.23°N, 87.50°WPrairie Bluff — 32.13°N, 87.40°WPrairie Bluff — 32.05°N, 86.99°WPrairie Bluff — 32.04°N, 86.79°WPrairie Bluff — 31.97°N, 86.72°WPrairie Bluff — 31.98°N, 86.00°WPrairie Bluff — 31.98°N, 85.92°WSevern — 38.80°N, 77.00°WSevern — 38.89°N, 76.85°WSevern — 38.92°N, 76.85°WChipola — 30.44°N, 85.19°WChipola — 30.57°N, 85.84°WChipola — 30.43°N, 84.98°WChipola — 30.44°N, 84.28°WChipola — 30.06°N, 84.49°WChipola — 30.47°N, 84.99°WChipola — 30.26°N, 85.17°WChipola — 30.46°N, 85.16°WPico — 34.37°N, 118.56°WPico — 34.43°N, 118.70°WPico — 34.34°N, 118.51°WPico — 34.35°N, 118.52°WAstoria — 44.73°N, 124.06°WAstoria — 46.19°N, 123.83°WAstoria — 44.65°N, 124.06°WAstoria — 43.40°N, 124.28°WSanta Susana — 34.11°N, 118.57°WSanta Susana — 34.31°N, 118.68°WSanta Susana — 34.24°N, 118.74°WSanta Susana — 34.22°N, 118.79°WMorne l'Enfer — 10.23°N, 61.63°WWoodbine — 31.95°N, 97.32°WWoodbine — 32.73°N, 97.22°WWoodbine — 32.84°N, 97.08°WWoodbine — 32.77°N, 97.01°WWoodbine — 32.86°N, 97.06°WWoodbine — 33.71°N, 96.46°WWoodbine — 33.76°N, 96.54°WWoodbine — 33.81°N, 96.83°WWoodbine — 31.85°N, 97.22°WWoodbine — 32.35°N, 97.39°WWoodbine — 32.56°N, 97.14°WWoodbine — 32.99°N, 96.95°WWoodbine — 33.66°N, 96.91°WWoodbine — 33.66°N, 96.45°WWoodbine — 33.71°N, 96.30°WWoodbine — 33.60°N, 96.37°WWoodbine — 33.87°N, 95.51°WSpringvale — 10.62°N, 61.05°WByram — 32.01°N, 89.38°WByram — 32.18°N, 90.25°WByram — 32.32°N, 90.86°WByram — 32.41°N, 90.84°WCastilletes — 11.95°N, 71.32°WCastilletes — 11.85°N, 71.37°W

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The named rock units Tellinidae has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 623 further formations hold fewer occurrences each and are not listed. 1,069 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Tellinidae and its relatives

Miocene

Where Tellinidae and its relatives were recorded in the Miocene.

Found in the same rock

1,958 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records at least 1,087 sites for Tellinidae, and this reads 240 of them. Of that, one read hit the database's own return limit, so every count below is a floor rather than a total. The number is how many of those sites it was catalogued from too. The 24 sharing the most are listed.

This is not a list of everything alive at the time. It is only what has come out of the same ground as this animal and been written down.

Entered from

693 references

Each of the 5,728 occurrences read was entered from one of these publications, ordered by how many each accounts for. This is not a search for papers mentioning the name. 681 further references are not listed. Entries link to doi.org where the Paleobiology Database holds an identifier, and to its own record where it does not. Relayed as the Paleobiology Database holds them, not checked against what they resolve to.

Media and terms

Media content1

Picture of Tellinidae

Credit
Hans Hillewaert
Licence
CC BY-SA 4.0
Commercial use
the licence allows it

No 3D scan was found. Smithsonian Open Access, MorphoSource and Sketchfab were all searched.

The description on this site

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CC BY-SA 4.0

This is what the site found, which is not the same as what exists.

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