Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae
Alternative combinations: Tellina (Eurytellina) punicea, Tellina punicea
Synonyms: Tellina dariena Conrad 1855, Tellina rowlandi Toula 1908
Full reference: I. Born. 1778. Index rerum naturalium Musei Cæsarei Vindobonensis - Pars I ma Testacea - Verzeichniß der natürlichen Seltenheiten des k k Naturalien Cabinets zu Wien - Erster Theil - Schalthiere - Vindobonae 1-458
Belongs to Eurytellina according to A. J. W. Hendy et al. 2008
See also Anderson 1929, Born 1778, Brown and Pilsbry 1911, Conrad 1855, Jung 1969, Olsson 1922, Weisbord 1964 and Woodring 1982
Sister taxa: Eurytellina aequicincta, Eurytellina cibaoica, Eurytellina lineata, Eurytellina rubescens, Tellina (Eurytellina) alincia, Tellina (Eurytellina) alternata, Tellina (Eurytellina) angulosa, Tellina (Eurytellina) eburnea, Tellina (Eurytellina) hannibali, Tellina (Eurytellina) herndonensis, Tellina (Eurytellina) hertleini, Tellina (Eurytellina) inaequistriata, Tellina (Eurytellina) laplata, Tellina (Eurytellina) lorenzoensis, Tellina (Eurytellina) martinezensis, Tellina (Eurytellina) milamensis, Tellina (Eurytellina) mooreana, Tellina (Eurytellina) nitens, Tellina (Eurytellina) oldroydi, Tellina (Eurytellina) ophiaca, Tellina (Eurytellina) papyria, Tellina (Eurytellina) paraguanensis, Tellina (Eurytellina) pressa, Tellina (Eurytellina) prora, Tellina (Eurytellina) regia, Tellina (Eurytellina) roburina, Tellina (Eurytellina) tayloriana, Tellina (Eurytellina) tumbezensis, Tellina (Eurytellina) vetula
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Venezuela (2 collections)
• Pliocene of Colombia (1), Panama (1), Trinidad and Tobago (11), Venezuela (5)
• Miocene of Colombia (1), Costa Rica (1), Panama (31)
• Oligocene of Panama (3)
Total: 56 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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