Tellimya tenella (Lovén, 1846)
Norway to Mediterranean. Lives in the infralittoral and the circalittoral, in association with the urchin Brissopsis lyrifera (Forbes, 1841).
Original taxon: Montacuta tenella.
 
Valves moderately convex, fragile, translucent, with a large anterior part; prodissoconches conspicuous, with orthogyrate beaks; resilifer submarginal; sculpture made up of numerous commarginal growth marks and some very weak radial striae. The general outline is more ovate than in ferruginea.

Above and below: single valves dredged at 500m deep, off Cavtat, Dubrovnik-Neretva Comitat, S. Croatia. 1,5-1,8mm. Original pictures provided by R. Stanić (HR).
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Synonyms: ovalis, ovata.
Above: the cardinals, typical of the genus.

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