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Tellina punicea  Born, 1778
Taxonomic Serial No.: 81195

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s):    
  Common Name(s): watermelon tellin
 
       
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  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: unverified  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria   
       InfrakingdomProtostomia   
          SuperphylumLophozoa   
             PhylumMollusca  – mollusques, molusco, molluscs, mollusks  
                ClassBivalvia Linnaeus, 1758 – bivalves, clams, bivalves, palourdes, bivalve, mexilhão, ostra  
                   SubclassHeterodonta Neumayr, 1884  
                      OrderVeneroida H. Adams and A. Adams, 1856  
                         SuperfamilyTellinoidea Blainville, 1814  
                            FamilyTellinidae Blainville, 1814  
                               GenusTellina Linnaeus, 1758  
                                  SpeciesTellina punicea Born, 1778 – watermelon tellin  
       

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  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
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  Reference for: Tellina punicea   
       
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  Author(s)/Editor(s): Turgeon, D. D., A. E. Bogan, E. V. Coan, W. K. Emerson, W. G. Lyons, W. Pratt, et al.   
  Publication Date: 1988   
  Article/Chapter Title: Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: mollusks   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: American Fisheries Society Special Publication 16   
  Page(s): vii + 277   
  Publisher: American Fisheries Society   
  Publication Place: Bethesda, Maryland, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-913235-47-4, 0097-0638  
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  Reference for: watermelon tellin   
       

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