tellinn.
/ˈtɛlɪn/, U.S. /ˈtɛlən/ Zoology.
Any of various burrowing, marine bivalve molluscs constituting the genus Tellina or (occasionally) the family Tellinidae, characterized by flattened shells and long siphons.
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the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > class Pelecypoda or Conchifera > [noun] > section Siphonida > sinu-pallialia > family Tellinidae
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1706 J. Petiver in Philos. Trans. 1705 24 1955 Tellina parva radiata, &c... The Dominico Tellen. From the plenty of them on the South part of that Island.
1833 Penny Cycl. I. 466/2 They are supposed to have long syphons, like the Tellens.
1854 S. P. Woodward Man. Mollusca ii. 310 The Tellens are found in all seas, chiefly in the littoral and laminarian zones.
1901 E. Step Shell Life viii. 118 The members of the Tellin family..are distinctly deep burrowers in sand or mud.
1971 S. P. Dance Seashells 77 The right and left valves of many tellins are unequal in shape and size.
2007 Palaios 22 351/1 The most conspicuous bivalves are mussels, tellins, and surf clams.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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