Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae
Alternative spelling: Tellina (Hemimetis)
Parent taxon: Tellininae according to H. E. Vokes 1980
See also Kosnik 2002 and Lamprell and Whitehead 1992
Sister taxa: Abranda, Aenona, Agnomyax, Angulus, Arcopagella, Arcopaginula, Arcopagiopsis, Clathrotellina, Hercodon, Jactellina, Laciolina, Linearis, Liothyris, Macomona, Obtellina, Palaeomoera, Pharaonella, Phylloda, Pinguitellina, Pistris, Pseudarcopagia, Punipagia, Quadrans, Quidnipagus, Scutarcopagia, Semelangulus, Solyma, Strigilla, Tampaella, Tellidora, Tellinides, Tellinimera, Tellipiura, Tonganaella
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of United States (1: Florida collection)
• Pliocene of United States (1: South Carolina)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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