The Tellinidae are a family of marine bivalve molluscs of the order Veneroida. commonly known as tellins or tellens. They live fairly deep in soft sediments in shallow seas and respire using long siphons that reach up to the surface of the sediment.
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0