Hercodon (tellin clam)

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae

Parent taxon: Tellininae according to L. R. Cox et al. 1969

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Abranda, Aenona, Agnomyax, Angulus, Arcopagella, Arcopaginula, Arcopagiopsis, Clathrotellina, Hemimetis, Jactellina, Laciolina, Linearis, Liothyris, Macomona, Obtellina, Palaeomoera, Pharaonella, Phylloda, Pinguitellina, Pistris, Pseudarcopagia, Punipagia, Quadrans, Quidnipagus, Scutarcopagia, Semelangulus, Solyma, Strigilla, Tampaella, Tellidora, Tellinides, Tellinimera, Tellipiura, Tonganaella

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal deposit feeder

Distribution: found only at Melovatka 3 (Cretaceous of Russian Federation)

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