Bivalvia - Cardiida - Kelliellidae
Alternative spelling: Kellyella
Parent taxon: Kelliellidae according to H. E. Vokes 1980
See also Bouchet et al. 2010, Landau et al. 2009 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Allopagus, Alveinus, Eocrassina, Spaniodontella, Warrana
Subtaxa: Kelliella boettgeri Kellyella (Lutetia)
Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Panama (4 collections)
• Miocene of Poland (1)
• Oligocene of United States (10: Mississippi)
• Eocene of Belgium (1), France (1), Mexico (2), the United Kingdom (6), United States (23: Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas)
• Paleocene of United States (7: Texas)
• Cretaceous of United States (1: Mississippi)
Total: 56 collections including 57 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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