NARMS taxon details
Arcopella balaustina (Linnaeus, 1758)
491643 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:491643)
accepted
Species
Arcopagia balaustina (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted
Arcopagia britannica (Tomlin, 1934) · unaccepted
Arcopagia britannica purpurmaculata F. Nordsieck, 1969 · unaccepted (synonym)
Macoma balaustina (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted
Tellina balaustina Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted (original combination)
Tellina balaustina var. albida Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1886 · unaccepted (synonym)
Tellina balaustina var. major Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1886 · unaccepted (synonym)
Tellina britannica Tomlin, 1934 · unaccepted (synonym)
Tellina serratula Brusina, 1870 · unaccepted (synonym)
marine
(of Tellina balaustina Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 676 [details] Available for editors
page(s): 676 [details] Available for editors
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Arcopella balaustina (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: https://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=491643 on 2025-07-06
Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025). European Register of Marine Species. Arcopella balaustina (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed at: https://vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=491643 on 2025-07-06
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(of Tellina balaustina Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 676 [details] Available for editors
original description (of Tellina serratula Brusina, 1870) Brusina, S. (1870). Ipsa Chiereghinii Conchylia, ovvero contribuzione pella Malacologia Adriatica desunta dal manoscritto descrizione de' Crostacei, de' Testacei, e de' Pesci che abitano le Lagune e Golfo Veneto, rappresentati in figure, a chiaro-scuro ed a colori dall Abate S. Chiereghini ... illustrata da S. Brusina. <em>Pisa, Biblioteca Malacologica.</em> 280 pp., available online at https://archive.org/stream/ipsachiereghini00chiegoog [details]
original description (of Arcopagia britannica purpurmaculata F. Nordsieck, 1969) Nordsieck, F. (1969). Die europäischen Meeresmuscheln (Bivalvia). Vom Eismeer bis Kapverden, Mittelmeer und Schwarzes Meer. Gustav Fischer, Stuttgart, xiii + 256 pp. [details]
original description (of Tellina balaustina var. albida Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1886) Bucquoy, E., Dautzenberg, P. & Dollfus, G. (1882-1886). Les mollusques marins du Roussillon. Tome Ier. Gastropodes. Paris: Baillière & fils. 570 pp., 66 pls. [pp. 1-84, pls 1-10, 1882; pp. 85-196, pls 11-20, 1883; pp. 197-342, pls 21-40, 1884; pp. 343-418, pls 41-50, 1885; pp. 419-570, pls 51-66, 1886]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/103592 [details]
original description (of Tellina balaustina var. major Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1886) Bucquoy, E., Dautzenberg, P. & Dollfus, G. (1882-1886). Les mollusques marins du Roussillon. Tome Ier. Gastropodes. Paris: Baillière & fils. 570 pp., 66 pls. [pp. 1-84, pls 1-10, 1882; pp. 85-196, pls 11-20, 1883; pp. 197-342, pls 21-40, 1884; pp. 343-418, pls 41-50, 1885; pp. 419-570, pls 51-66, 1886]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/103592 [details]
context source (Deepsea) Janssen, R. & Krylova, E. M. (2014). Deep-sea fauna of European seas: An annotated species check-list of benthic invertebrates living deeper than 2000 m in the seas bordering Europe. Bivalvia. <em>Invertebrate Zoology.</em> 11 (1): 43–82 [in English]. [details] Available for editors
basis of record Oliver, P. G., Holmes, A. M., Killeen, I. J. & Turner, J. A. 2010 Marine Bivalve Shells of the British Isles (Mollusca: Bivalvia). Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum Wales., available online at http://naturalhistory.museumwales.ac.uk/britishbivalves [details]
additional source 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]
identification resource Cosel, R. von; Gofas, S. (2019). <i>Marine bivalves of tropical West Africa: from Rio de Oro to southern Angola</i>. Publications Scientifiques du Muséum, Paris, IRD Éditions, Marseille (Faune et Flore tropicales, volume 48): 1-1104.
page(s): 610-611 [details]
page(s): 676 [details] Available for editors
original description (of Tellina serratula Brusina, 1870) Brusina, S. (1870). Ipsa Chiereghinii Conchylia, ovvero contribuzione pella Malacologia Adriatica desunta dal manoscritto descrizione de' Crostacei, de' Testacei, e de' Pesci che abitano le Lagune e Golfo Veneto, rappresentati in figure, a chiaro-scuro ed a colori dall Abate S. Chiereghini ... illustrata da S. Brusina. <em>Pisa, Biblioteca Malacologica.</em> 280 pp., available online at https://archive.org/stream/ipsachiereghini00chiegoog [details]
original description (of Arcopagia britannica purpurmaculata F. Nordsieck, 1969) Nordsieck, F. (1969). Die europäischen Meeresmuscheln (Bivalvia). Vom Eismeer bis Kapverden, Mittelmeer und Schwarzes Meer. Gustav Fischer, Stuttgart, xiii + 256 pp. [details]
original description (of Tellina balaustina var. albida Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1886) Bucquoy, E., Dautzenberg, P. & Dollfus, G. (1882-1886). Les mollusques marins du Roussillon. Tome Ier. Gastropodes. Paris: Baillière & fils. 570 pp., 66 pls. [pp. 1-84, pls 1-10, 1882; pp. 85-196, pls 11-20, 1883; pp. 197-342, pls 21-40, 1884; pp. 343-418, pls 41-50, 1885; pp. 419-570, pls 51-66, 1886]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/103592 [details]
original description (of Tellina balaustina var. major Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1886) Bucquoy, E., Dautzenberg, P. & Dollfus, G. (1882-1886). Les mollusques marins du Roussillon. Tome Ier. Gastropodes. Paris: Baillière & fils. 570 pp., 66 pls. [pp. 1-84, pls 1-10, 1882; pp. 85-196, pls 11-20, 1883; pp. 197-342, pls 21-40, 1884; pp. 343-418, pls 41-50, 1885; pp. 419-570, pls 51-66, 1886]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/103592 [details]
context source (Deepsea) Janssen, R. & Krylova, E. M. (2014). Deep-sea fauna of European seas: An annotated species check-list of benthic invertebrates living deeper than 2000 m in the seas bordering Europe. Bivalvia. <em>Invertebrate Zoology.</em> 11 (1): 43–82 [in English]. [details] Available for editors
basis of record Oliver, P. G., Holmes, A. M., Killeen, I. J. & Turner, J. A. 2010 Marine Bivalve Shells of the British Isles (Mollusca: Bivalvia). Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum Wales., available online at http://naturalhistory.museumwales.ac.uk/britishbivalves [details]
additional source 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]
identification resource Cosel, R. von; Gofas, S. (2019). <i>Marine bivalves of tropical West Africa: from Rio de Oro to southern Angola</i>. Publications Scientifiques du Muséum, Paris, IRD Éditions, Marseille (Faune et Flore tropicales, volume 48): 1-1104.
page(s): 610-611 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland (from synonym Arcopagia balaustina (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications) (from synonym Arcopagia balaustina (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Malacopics (Arcopella balaustina (Linnaeus,1758) Spain, Andalucía, Málaga, Málaga, at 15 m depth...
To Marine Bivalves of the British Isles webpage at National Museum of Wales (from synonym Arcopagia balaustina (Linnaeus, 1758))
To PESI (from synonym Tellina britannica Tomlin, 1934)
To PESI (from synonym Tellina serratula Brusina, 1870)
To PESI (from synonym Arcopagia britannica (Tomlin, 1934))
To PESI (from synonym Arcopagia britannica purpurmaculata F. Nordsieck, 1969)
To PESI (from synonym Tellina balaustina var. albida Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1886)
To PESI (from synonym Tellina balaustina var. major Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1886)
To PESI (from synonym Arcopagia balaustina (Linnaeus, 1758))
To PESI (from synonym Tellina balaustina Linnaeus, 1758)
To PESI (from synonym Macoma balaustina (Linnaeus, 1758))
To PESI
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications) (from synonym Arcopagia balaustina (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Malacopics (Arcopella balaustina (Linnaeus,1758) Spain, Andalucía, Málaga, Málaga, at 15 m depth...
To Marine Bivalves of the British Isles webpage at National Museum of Wales (from synonym Arcopagia balaustina (Linnaeus, 1758))
To PESI (from synonym Tellina britannica Tomlin, 1934)
To PESI (from synonym Tellina serratula Brusina, 1870)
To PESI (from synonym Arcopagia britannica (Tomlin, 1934))
To PESI (from synonym Arcopagia britannica purpurmaculata F. Nordsieck, 1969)
To PESI (from synonym Tellina balaustina var. albida Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1886)
To PESI (from synonym Tellina balaustina var. major Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1886)
To PESI (from synonym Arcopagia balaustina (Linnaeus, 1758))
To PESI (from synonym Tellina balaustina Linnaeus, 1758)
To PESI (from synonym Macoma balaustina (Linnaeus, 1758))
To PESI
