Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae
Alternative spellings: Linearia, Tellina (Linearia)
Parent taxon: Tellininae according to H. E. Vokes 1980
See also Kosnik 2002, Russell and Landes 1937, Sepkoski 2002 and Warren 1933
Sister taxa: Abranda, Aenona, Agnomyax, Angulus, Arcopagella, Arcopaginula, Arcopagiopsis, Clathrotellina, Hemimetis, Hercodon, Jactellina, Laciolina, Liothyris, Macomona, Obtellina, Palaeomoera, Pharaonella, Phylloda, Pinguitellina, Pistris, Pseudarcopagia, Punipagia, Quadrans, Quidnipagus, Scutarcopagia, Semelangulus, Solyma, Strigilla, Tampaella, Tellidora, Tellinides, Tellinimera, Tellipiura, Tonganaella
Subtaxa: Linearia crebelli Linearia cribelli Linearia multicostata Linearia semistriata Linearia weiseri Linearia wieserae Tellina (Linearia) delicatula
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (1: Texas collection)
• Cretaceous of Argentina (26), Austria (2), Canada (2: British Columbia), China (1), Egypt (3), Germany (2), India (3), Japan (8), Lebanon (1), Mexico (1), Mozambique (1), the Netherlands (1), Peru (1), Poland (1), Serbia (1), the United Kingdom (3), United States (202: Alabama, Arizona, California, Delaware, Georgia, Kansas, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas)
Total: 260 collections including 330 occurrences
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