Pinguitellina Iredale 1927 (tellin clam)

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae

Alternative spelling: Arcopagia (Pinguitellina)

Parent taxon: Tellininae according to H. E. Vokes 1980

See also Rosenberg et al. 2006 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Abranda, Aenona, Agnomyax, Angulus, Arcopagella, Arcopaginula, Arcopagiopsis, Clathrotellina, Hemimetis, Hercodon, Jactellina, Laciolina, Linearis, Liothyris, Macomona, Obtellina, Palaeomoera, Pharaonella, Phylloda, Pistris, Pseudarcopagia, Punipagia, Quadrans, Quidnipagus, Scutarcopagia, Semelangulus, Solyma, Strigilla, Tampaella, Tellidora, Tellinides, Tellinimera, Tellipiura, Tonganaella

Subtaxa: Pinguitellina robusta

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Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal deposit feeder

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Australia (1 collection), French Polynesia (1), Japan (1), the Seychelles (3)

Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence

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