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Blunt tellin

Arcopagia crassa (Pennant, 1777)

Status not recordedmolluscs

The blunt tellin (Arcopagia crassa) is a species in the family Tellinidae, order Cardiida.

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Quick facts about the blunt tellin

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the blunt tellin live?

Not recorded

Is the blunt tellin endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the blunt tellin classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumMollusca
  3. classBivalvia
  4. orderCardiida
  5. familyTellinidae
  6. genusArcopagia
  7. SpeciesArcopagia crassa (Pennant, 1777)

Synonyms Acropagia crassa, Arcopagia ovata, Cydippe listeriana, Pectunculus depressior, Tellina crassa, Tellina parva, Tellina rigida

Other names and names in other languages (10)
  • telínka pevnáCzech
  • Stumpfe TellmuschelGerman
  • Telline épaisseFrench
  • Bukoji telinaLithuanian
  • geribde platschelpDutch
  • telina hrubiškaSlovak
  • tjockskalig skivmusslaSwedish
  • dickschalige PlattmuschelGerman
  • Dickschalige TellmuschelGerman
  • stevige platschelpDutch

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the blunt tellin

Other species in the same genus Arcopagia.

CompareBlunt tellin vs Arcopagia alteraBlunt tellin vs Arcopagia bellsianaBlunt tellin vs Arcopagia bernayiBlunt tellin vs Arcopagia beyrichi

Common questions

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What kind of animal is the blunt tellin?

The blunt tellin (Arcopagia crassa) belongs to the family Tellinidae in the order Cardiida.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Blunt tellin (Arcopagia crassa). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/blunt-tellin

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“Blunt tellin (Arcopagia crassa).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/blunt-tellin.

BibTeX
@misc{blunt_tellin_2026,
  title = {Blunt tellin (Arcopagia crassa)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/blunt-tellin},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}