Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae
Alternative combination: Tellina longa
Full reference: W. M. Gabb. 1864. Description of the Cretaceous fossils. Geological Survey of California Palaeontology 1:57-217
Belongs to Tellina (Angulus) according to E. J. Moore 2003
See also Gabb 1864 and Stewart 1930
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) joaquinensis, Tellina (Angulus) jollaensis, Tellina (Angulus) lanceolata, 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: MCZ 15037, a shell
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (12: California, Washington collections)
Total: 12 collections each including a single occurrence
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