Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae
Full reference: C. S. Hickman. 2015. Paleogene marine bivalves of the deep-water Keasey Formation in Oregon, Part III: The heteroconchs. PaleoBios 32:1-44
Belongs to Moerella according to C. S. Hickman 2015
Sister taxa: Moerella (Scissula), Moerella calpix, Moerella declivis, Moerella dupliniana, Moerella macilenta, 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
Type specimen: UCMP 110702. Its type locality is Columbia (USGS 25031) - Hickman (1980), which is in a Priabonian deep-water siltstone/mudstone in the Keasey Formation of Oregon.
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (19: Oregon collections)
Total: 19 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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