Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae
Alternative spelling: Tellina (Quadrans)
Parent taxon: Tellininae according to H. E. Vokes 1980
See also Pilsbry and Olsson 1941 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, Quidnipagus, Scutarcopagia, Semelangulus, Solyma, Strigilla, Tampaella, Tellidora, Tellinides, Tellinimera, Tellipiura, Tonganaella
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Malaysia (1 collection)
• Pliocene of Australia (1)
• Cretaceous of United States (2: California)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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