Galapagos Species Database

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn.: Merisca margarita Olsson, 1961, Tellina (Merisca) brevirostris Deshayes, 1855, Tellina brevicornuta A. E. Salisbury, 1934, Tellina brevirostris Deshayes, 1855 (Horton et al., 2021).; (T. brevirostris) LACM: 66-210 (fide Kaiser, 1997), CDRS: 653, 827, MHNG expedition to the Galapagos, 1993.

Origin: Native

Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.

Distribution: (T. brevirostris) From San Blas, Mexico and Ecuador(Galapagos islands).

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