MolluscaBase taxon details
Ameritella agilis (W. Stimpson, 1858)
878476 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:878476)
accepted
Species
Angulus agilis (W. Stimpson, 1858) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Tellina (Angulus) agilis W. Stimpson, 1858 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Tellina agilis W. Stimpson, 1858 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Tellina tenera Say, 1822 · unaccepted > junior homonym (Junior primary homonym of Tellina...)
Junior primary homonym of Tellina tenera Schrank, 1803; Tellina agilis is a replacement name
marine
(of Tellina agilis W. Stimpson, 1858) Stimpson, W. (1858). Scientific Intelligence - Botany and Zoology. <em>The American Journal of Science and Arts.</em> 25:124-126., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27560147
page(s): p. 125 (in text) [details]
page(s): p. 125 (in text) [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Ameritella agilis (W. Stimpson, 1858). Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=878476 on 2025-09-11
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original description
(of Tellina agilis W. Stimpson, 1858) Stimpson, W. (1858). Scientific Intelligence - Botany and Zoology. <em>The American Journal of Science and Arts.</em> 25:124-126., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27560147
page(s): p. 125 (in text) [details]
original description (of Tellina tenera Say, 1822) Say, T. (1822). An account of some of the marine shells of the United States. <em>Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia.</em> 2(1): 221-248; 2(2): 257-276, 302-325., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36831411
page(s): 303 [details]
basis of record Huber, M.; Langleit, A.; Kreipl, K. (2015). Tellinidae. Pp. 167-297 In: M. Huber, <i>Compendium of bivalves</i> 2. Harxheim: ConchBooks. 907 pp. [details]
page(s): p. 125 (in text) [details]
original description (of Tellina tenera Say, 1822) Say, T. (1822). An account of some of the marine shells of the United States. <em>Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia.</em> 2(1): 221-248; 2(2): 257-276, 302-325., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36831411
page(s): 303 [details]
basis of record Huber, M.; Langleit, A.; Kreipl, K. (2015). Tellinidae. Pp. 167-297 In: M. Huber, <i>Compendium of bivalves</i> 2. Harxheim: ConchBooks. 907 pp. [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | northern dwarf-tellin [from synonym]northern dwarf tellin [from synonym] | [details] |
| French | telline naine du nord [from synonym] | [details] |
To Malacopics (Ameritella agilis (W. Stimpson, 1858) United States, New Jersey, Ocean City, washed ashore, in soft-weed mass after severe gales, collected December 1970, ex coll. W.J.H. Onverwagt)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 079724) (from synonym Tellina agilis W. Stimpson, 1858)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 079724) (from synonym Tellina agilis W. Stimpson, 1858)
Unreviewed
Hosted externally
Hosted externally, from synonym
