Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae
Alternative combination: Tellina castacana
Belongs to Tellina (Angulus) according to E. J. Moore 2003
See also Anderson and Hanna 1925
Sister taxa: Angulus (Lamyella), Angulus (Peronaea), Angulus agilis, Angulus democracianus, Angulus diantha, Angulus merus, Angulus texanus, Angulus umbra, Angulus versicolor, Tellina (Angulus) buttoni, Tellina (Angulus) cadieni, Tellina (Angulus) diabloensis, Tellina (Angulus) domenginensis, Tellina (Angulus) entaenia, Tellina (Angulus) joaquinensis, Tellina (Angulus) jollaensis, Tellina (Angulus) lanceolata, Tellina (Angulus) longa, Tellina (Angulus) modesta, Tellina (Angulus) packardi, Tellina (Angulus) producta, Tellina (Angulus) prolenta, Tellina (Angulus) scrippsensis, Tellina (Angulus) simiensis, Tellina (Angulus) subplana, Tellina (Angulus) vorbei, Tellina (Angulus) woodringi
Type specimen: Its type locality is CAS loc244, Live Oak Canyon, which is in an Eocene marginal marine sandstone/shale in the Tejon Formation of California.
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (16: California, Oregon collections)
Total: 16 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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