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  1. Life
  2. Animals
  3. Mollusks
  4. Bivalves
  5. Cockles, Tellins, and Allies
  6. Tellins, Sunset Clams, and Allies
  7. Tellins and Allies

family

Tellins and Allies

Tellinidae

Includes
33 native 1 introduced 3 present
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Field notes

Children

  • Tellininae 17 native
  • Macominae 9 native
  • Strigillinae 4 native
  • Apolymetinae 2 native
  • Arcopagiinae 1 native
  • Gastraninae

Range

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided

Most observed native tellins and allies All

Native to the US, by observations.

  • Bent-nosed Clam Macoma nasuta 1,619 observations
  • White Macoma Rexithaerus sectus 1,015 observations
  • Bodega Tellin Megangulus bodegensis 451 observations
  • California Fat Tellin Leporimetis obesa 286 observations
  • Pointed Macoma Macoma inquinata 122 observations
  • Salmon Tellin Pseudocadella nuculoides 70 observations
  • Indented Macoma Rexithaerus indentata 49 observations
  • Plain Tellin Ameritella modesta 33 observations

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