Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae
Parent taxon: Tellinidae according to H. E. Vokes 1980
See also Cox et al. 1969, Saul 1973 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Acorylus, Ameritella, Arcopagia, Arcopagiinae, Barytellina, Cymatoica, Florimetis, Fragilia, Gastrana, Idatellina, Lavignon, Lutricola, Macoma, Macominae, Maera, Merisca, Metis, Peiricola, Serratina, Sourimis, Strigillinae, Tellina, Tellininae
Subtaxa: Nelltia angulata Nelltia roddana Nelltia salsa Nelltia skidgatensis Nelltia stenzeli
Type: Nelltia stenzeli
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of United States (9: California, Texas collections)
Total: 9 collections each including a single occurrence
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