Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae
Alternative combination: Tellina joaquinensis
Full reference: R. Arnold. 1909. Paleontology of the Coalinga District, Fresno and Kings Counties, California. United States Geological Survey Bulletin 396:1-173
Belongs to Tellina (Angulus) according to E. J. Moore 2003
See also Arnold 1909 and Squires 1999
Sister taxa: Angulus (Lamyella), Angulus (Peronaea), Angulus agilis, Angulus democracianus, Angulus diantha, Angulus merus, Angulus texanus, Angulus umbra, Angulus versicolor, Tellina (Angulus) buttoni, Tellina (Angulus) cadieni, Tellina (Angulus) castacana, Tellina (Angulus) diabloensis, Tellina (Angulus) domenginensis, Tellina (Angulus) entaenia, Tellina (Angulus) jollaensis, Tellina (Angulus) lanceolata, Tellina (Angulus) longa, Tellina (Angulus) modesta, Tellina (Angulus) packardi, Tellina (Angulus) producta, Tellina (Angulus) prolenta, Tellina (Angulus) scrippsensis, Tellina (Angulus) simiensis, Tellina (Angulus) subplana, Tellina (Angulus) vorbei, Tellina (Angulus) woodringi
Type specimen: USNM 165619, a shell
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (11: California, Oregon collections)
Total: 11 collections each including a single occurrence
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