WoRMS taxon details
Sanguinolaria tellinoides A. Adams, 1850
507194 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:507194)
accepted
Species
Sanguinolaria purpurea Deshayes, 1855 · unaccepted
Sanguinolaria tellinoides elongata Mörch, 1860 · unaccepted
Tellina miniata A. Gould, 1851 · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)
- Subspecies Sanguinolaria tellinoides elongata Mörch, 1860 accepted as Sanguinolaria tellinoides A. Adams, 1850
marine, fresh, terrestrial
Adams, A. (1850). Descriptions of new species of shells from the Cumingian collection. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 17 [1849]: 169–170., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30572612
page(s): 170, pl. 6, fig. 6. [details]
page(s): 170, pl. 6, fig. 6. [details]
Type locality contained in Gulf of California
type locality contained in Gulf of California [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Sanguinolaria tellinoides A. Adams, 1850. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=507194 on 2025-04-05
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Nomenclature
original description
Adams, A. (1850). Descriptions of new species of shells from the Cumingian collection. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 17 [1849]: 169–170., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30572612
page(s): 170, pl. 6, fig. 6. [details]
original description (of Tellina miniata A. Gould, 1851) Gould, A.A. (1851). [... descriptions of a number of California shells collected by Maj. William Rich and Lieut. Thomas P. Green, United States Navy ...]. <em>Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History.</em> 4 (4): 87-93., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8870797
page(s): 90. [details]
original description (of Sanguinolaria tellinoides elongata Mörch, 1860) Mörch [Mørch], O. A. L. (1860-1861). Beiträge zur Molluskenfauna Central-Amerika´s. <em>Malakozoologische Blätter.</em> 7: 170-213 [Stated dates: Dec. 1860 on pp. 161, 177; Jan. 1861 on p. 193, 209, 225]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15919729
page(s): 185 [details]
original description (of Sanguinolaria purpurea Deshayes, 1855) Deshayes, G. P. (1855). Descriptions of new shells from the collection of Hugh Cuming, Esq. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> (1854) 22: 317-371 [pp. 317-320, 8 May 1855; 321-371, 16 May 1855]., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30747744 [details]
basis of record Huber, M. (2010). <i>Compendium of bivalves. A full-color guide to 3,300 of the world's marine bivalves. A status on Bivalvia after 250 years of research</i>. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. (look up in IMIS) [details]
page(s): 170, pl. 6, fig. 6. [details]
original description (of Tellina miniata A. Gould, 1851) Gould, A.A. (1851). [... descriptions of a number of California shells collected by Maj. William Rich and Lieut. Thomas P. Green, United States Navy ...]. <em>Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History.</em> 4 (4): 87-93., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8870797
page(s): 90. [details]
original description (of Sanguinolaria tellinoides elongata Mörch, 1860) Mörch [Mørch], O. A. L. (1860-1861). Beiträge zur Molluskenfauna Central-Amerika´s. <em>Malakozoologische Blätter.</em> 7: 170-213 [Stated dates: Dec. 1860 on pp. 161, 177; Jan. 1861 on p. 193, 209, 225]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15919729
page(s): 185 [details]
original description (of Sanguinolaria purpurea Deshayes, 1855) Deshayes, G. P. (1855). Descriptions of new shells from the collection of Hugh Cuming, Esq. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> (1854) 22: 317-371 [pp. 317-320, 8 May 1855; 321-371, 16 May 1855]., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30747744 [details]
basis of record Huber, M. (2010). <i>Compendium of bivalves. A full-color guide to 3,300 of the world's marine bivalves. A status on Bivalvia after 250 years of research</i>. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. (look up in IMIS) [details]
Taxonomy
redescription
Coan, E. V.; Valentich-Scott, P. (2012). Bivalve seashells of tropical West America. Marine bivalve mollusks from Baja California to northern Peru. 2 vols, 1258 pp. [details]





To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) (from synonym Sanguinolaria purpurea Deshayes, 1855)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (23 publications)
To Malacopics (Sanguinolaria tellinoides A. Adams, 185 Panama, Veraguas, Playa Santa Catalina, int...
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (23 publications)
To Malacopics (Sanguinolaria tellinoides A. Adams, 185 Panama, Veraguas, Playa Santa Catalina, int...
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection