Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae
Alternative spelling: Tellina (Peronaea)
Parent taxon: Tellininae according to J. Lesport et al. 2019
See also Bohm 1926, Böhm and Weisfermel 1913, Freneix et al. 1988, Mandic and Steininger 2003, Marquet et al. 2008 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Abranda, Aenona, Agnomyax, Angulus, Arcopagella, Arcopaginula, Arcopagiopsis, Clathrotellina, Hemimetis, Hercodon, 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: Peronaea nigeriensis Tellina (Peronaea) oppenheimi
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Miocene of Austria (1 collection)
• Eocene of Namibia (1), Nigeria (4)
• Paleocene of Austria (1), China (2)
Total: 9 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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