Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae
Parent taxon: Tellininae according to H. E. Vokes 1980
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Abranda, Aenona, Agnomyax, Angulus, Arcopagella, Arcopaginula, Arcopagiopsis, Clathrotellina, Hemimetis, Hercodon, Jactellina, Laciolina, Linearis, Liothyris, Macomona, Obtellina, Palaeomoera, Pharaonella, Phylloda, Pinguitellina, Pistris, Pseudarcopagia, Punipagia, Quadrans, Quidnipagus, Scutarcopagia, Semelangulus, Strigilla, Tampaella, Tellidora, Tellinides, Tellinimera, Tellipiura, Tonganaella
Subtaxa: Solyma elliptica
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (1: New Jersey collection)
• Paleocene of United States (1: New Jersey)
• Cretaceous of Argentina (30), New Zealand (2), United States (69: Alabama, Georgia, Maryland, Mississippi, New Jersey, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Wyoming)
Total: 103 collections including 110 occurrences
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