Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae
Alternative combination: Tellina jollaensis
Full reference: R. E. Dickerson. 1916. Stratigraphy and fauna of the Tejon Eocene of California. University of California Publications Bulletin of the Department of Geology 9(17):363-524
Belongs to Tellina (Angulus) according to E. J. Moore 2003
See also Dickerson 1916 and Hanna 1927
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) castacana, Tellina (Angulus) diabloensis, Tellina (Angulus) domenginensis, Tellina (Angulus) entaenia, Tellina (Angulus) joaquinensis, 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
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (8: California, Oregon collections)
Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence
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