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Tellinella listeri

species of mollusc

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionAug 22, 2026
Entity authorityQ14467225 ↗
Source-derived summary

Tellinella listeri, the speckled tellin, is a bivalve mollusc in the family Tellinidae, the tellins.

Distribution

St. Vincent, Barbados and other Eastern Caribbean islands

in sandy areas at 5–15 metres depth, and as far North as the Florida Keys.

References

Turgeon, D. D., W. G. Lyons, P. Mikkelsen, G. Rosenberg, and F. Moretzsohn. 2009. Bivalvia (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 711–744 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, college

Huber M. (2015). Compendium of Bivalves 2.

Editorial summary

“Tellinella listeri” enters the record as species of mollusc. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Tellinella, listeri and species can confirm, complicate or overturn.

Editorial reviewA sound reference starting point where classification, measurement and the date of the underlying evidence remain visible. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2009, 2015—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its strongest next move is a source search built around Tellinella, listeri and species.
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Why this record matters

“Tellinella listeri” is worth following because a concise public description often conceals a longer documentary argument. Here, Tellinella, listeri and species provides the most credible route into that argument.

Evidence profile

Stable identifiers, scientific names and standards terminology offer the best bridge between this overview and specialist evidence. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 22, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q14467225. None of the 0 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 2009 and 2015.

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Scientific names, classifications and consensus can change while older terminology persists in catalogues and historical literature. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

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This entry incorporates text from “Tellinella listeri” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.