Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae
Alternative spellings: Scissula, Tellina (Scissula)
Parent taxon: Moerella according to Olsson 1961
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Moerella calpix, Moerella declivis, Moerella dupliniana, Moerella macilenta, Moerella quasimacoma, Moerella securiclata, Moerella verdevilla, Tellina (Moerella) acalypta, Tellina (Moerella) acloneta, Tellina (Moerella) acosmita, Tellina (Moerella) agria, Tellina (Moerella) aldrichi, Tellina (Moerella) amianta, Tellina (Moerella) cloneta, Tellina (Moerella) colomnbiana, Tellina (Moerella) ctenota, Tellina (Moerella) hypolispa, Tellina (Moerella) indifferens, Tellina (Moerella) lincolnensis, Tellina (Moerella) obrupta, Tellina (Moerella) paraguanensis, Tellina (Moerella) petropolitana, Tellina (Moerella) piesa, Tellina (Moerella) quirosana, Tellina (Moerella) subdonacialis, Tellina (Moerella) subtrigona, Tellina (Moerella) tabogensis
Subtaxa: Scissula iris Scissula similis Tellina (Scissula) lampra Tellina (Scissula) varilineata
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Cayman Islands (2 collections), Haiti (1), Jamaica (1), Panama (1), United States (10: Florida, Louisiana, South Carolina)
• Pliocene of Jamaica (2)
• Miocene of the Dominican Republic (3), United States (4: Florida)
Total: 24 collections each including a single occurrence