Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae
Parent taxon: Tellinidae according to A. G. Beu 2006
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Acorylus, Ameritella, Arcopagia, Arcopagiinae, Barytellina, Cymatoica, Florimetis, Fragilia, Gastrana, Idatellina, Lavignon, Lutricola, Macoma, Macominae, Maera, Merisca, Metis, Nelltia, Peiricola, Sourimis, Strigillinae, Tellina, Tellina obruta, Tellininae
Subtaxa: Serratina aequistriata
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of New Zealand (1 collection), United States (8: Florida, Louisiana, North Carolina, South Carolina)
• Pliocene of New Zealand (1), United States (2: Florida, South Carolina)
• Miocene of Argentina (1), Panama (3), United States (1: Florida)
• Oligocene of United States (8: Mississippi)
Total: 25 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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