Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae
Alternative combination: Tellina tenuilineata
Full reference: B. L. Clark. 1918. The San Lorenzo series of Middle California. a stratigraphic and paleontologic study of the San Lorenzo Oligocene series of the general region of Mount Diablo, California. University of California Publications Bulletin of the Department of Geology 11(2):45-234
Belongs to Tellina (Tellinella) according to E. J. Moore 2003
See also Addicott 1973, Clark 1918 and Coan et al. 2000
Sister taxa: Tellina (Tellinella) canaliculata, Tellina (Tellinella) chipolana, Tellina (Tellinella) insurata, Tellina (Tellinella) listeri, Tellina (Tellinella) protera, Tellina (Tellinella) reflexa, Tellina (Tellinella) strophia, Tellina (Tellinella) tricarinata, Tellina (Tellinella) virgata, Tellina (Tellinella) waltonensis, Tellinella oblonga, Tellinella rovala
Type specimen: UCMP 11130, a shell. Its type locality is UCMP loc. 1131, Walnut Creek, which is in an Oligocene marine horizon in California.
Distribution:
• Oligocene of United States (5: California collections)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
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