Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae
Alternative spellings: Arcopagia (Arcopaginula), Tellina (Arcopaginula)
Parent taxon: Tellininae according to H. E. Vokes 1980
See also Hendy 2007, Rosenberg et al. 2006 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Abranda, Aenona, Agnomyax, Angulus, Arcopagella, Arcopagiopsis, Clathrotellina, Hemimetis, Hercodon, Jactellina, Laciolina, Linearis, Liothyris, Macomona, Obtellina, Palaeomoera, Pharaonella, Phylloda, Pinguitellina, Pistris, Pseudarcopagia, Punipagia, Quadrans, Quidnipagus, Scutarcopagia, Semelangulus, Solyma, Strigilla, Tampaella, Tellidora, Tellinides, Tellinimera, Tellipiura, Tonganaella
Subtaxa: Arcopaginula inflata
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Djibouti (1 collection), Thailand (1)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Malaysia (1)
• Pliocene of Indonesia (1), the Philippines (2), Vanuatu (1)
• Miocene of the Philippines (1)
Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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