Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Animalia - (Phylum) Mollusca - (Class) Bivalvia - (Order) Venerida - (Family) Tellinidae

Original position

Testacea (Order) Linnaeus, 1758

Subsequent positions

Tellininae (Subfamily) Blainville, 1814

Current position

Tellininae (Subfamily) Blainville, 1814

Ref: V.G. Millard, 1997: 391.

Alternative positions

Tellinidae (Family) Blainville, 1814	Ref: E.E. Ruppert et al., 2004: 401.
Testacea (Order) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: [von] Linné, C., 1767: 1116.

Historical positions

Tellinidae (Family) Blainville, 1814	Ref: E.E. Ruppert et al., 2004: 401.
Tellinidae (Family) Blainville, 1814	Ref: P. Bouchet et al., 2001: 209.
Tellininae (Subfamily) Blainville, 1814	Ref: V.G. Millard, 1997: 391.
Tellinidae (Family) Blainville, 1814	Ref: R.C. Brusca & G.J. Brusca, 1990
Pelecypoda (Class) Goldfuss, 1820	Ref: R.S. Boardman et al., 1987
Tellininae (Subfamily) Blainville, 1814	Ref: F.J. Springsteen & F.M. Leobrera, 1986: 368.
Tellininae (Subfamily) Blainville, 1814	Ref: K.J. Boss, 1982: 1144.
Heterodonta (Order) Neumayr, 1884	Ref: T.I. Storer et al., 1979
Testacea (Order) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: C. a Linné, 1767: 1073, 1116.
Testacea (Order) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: C. Linnaeus, 1758: 645, 674. [new taxon]

Number of Subtaxa

2024	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	15s
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000	[25s]
1758	C. Linnaeus	[25s]