Tellina is a widely distributed genus of marine bivalve molluscs, in the family Tellinidae. == Species == ...
• (n.) A genus of marine bivalve mollusks having thin, delicate, and often handsomely colored shells.
Tel·li'na noun [ New Latin , from Greek ... a kind of shellfish.] (Zoology) A genus of marine bivalve mollusks having thin, delicate, and often handsomely colored shells. 
edible bivalve mollusk with a thin shell found in the mediteranian