WoRMS taxon details
Merisca Dall, 1900
415622 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:415622)
accepted
Genus
Tellina crystallina W. Wood, 1815 accepted as Merisca cristallina (Spengler, 1798) (type by original designation)
Arcopagia (Merisca) Dall, 1900 · unaccepted
Tellina (Merisca) Dall, 1900 · unaccepted > superseded rank
- Species Merisca cristallina (Spengler, 1798)
- Subgenus Merisca (Clathrotellina) Thiele, 1934 accepted as Clathrotellina Thiele, 1934 (original rank)
- Species Merisca aequistriata (Say, 1824) accepted as Serratina aequistriata (Say, 1824)
- Species Merisca alerta (Boss, 1964) accepted as Serratina alerta (Boss, 1964)
- Species Merisca capsoides (Lamarck, 1818) accepted as Serratina capsoides (Lamarck, 1818)
- Species Merisca hungerfordi (G. B. Sowerby III, 1894) accepted as Serratina perplexa (Hanley, 1844)
- Species Merisca juttingae (van Regteren Altena, 1965) accepted as Lyratellina juttingae van Regteren Altena, 1965 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Merisca margarita Olsson, 1961 accepted as Serratina brevirostris (Deshayes, 1855) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Merisca martinicensis (A. d'Orbigny, 1853) accepted as Serratina martinicensis (A. d'Orbigny, 1853)
- Species Merisca monomera Habe, 1961 accepted as Serratina monomera (Habe, 1961)
- Species Merisca perplexa (Hanley, 1844) accepted as Serratina perplexa (Hanley, 1844)
- Species Merisca rhynchoscuta Olsson, 1961 accepted as Merisca cristallina (Spengler, 1798) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Merisca tokunagai (Ikebe, 1936) accepted as Ardeamya tokunagai (Ikebe, 1936)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
feminine
(of Tellina (Merisca) Dall, 1900) Dall, W. H. (1900). Synopsis of the family Tellinidae and of the North American species. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 23 (1210): 285-326, pls 2-4., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7512126
page(s): 290 [details]
page(s): 290 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Merisca Dall, 1900. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=415622 on 2025-04-05
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Tellina (Merisca) Dall, 1900) Dall, W. H. (1900). Synopsis of the family Tellinidae and of the North American species. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 23 (1210): 285-326, pls 2-4., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7512126
page(s): 290 [details]
page(s): 290 [details]
Taxonomy
status 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]
Other
context source (PeRMS)
Paredes, C.; Cardoso, F.; Santamaría, J.; Esplana, J.; Llaja, L. (2016). Lista anotada de los bivalvos marinos del Perú. <em>Revista peruana de biología.</em> 23(2), 127-150., available online at http://www.scielo.org.pe/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1727-99332016000200006 [details]
