Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae
Full reference: I. G. Speden. 1970. The type Fox Hills Formation, Cretaceous (Maestrichtian), South Dakota Part 2. Systematics of the Bivalvia. Peabody Museum of Natural History Bulletin 33:1-222
Parent taxon: Tellinidae according to H. E. Vokes 1980
See also Sepkoski 2002 and Speden 1970
Sister taxa: Acorylus, Ameritella, Arcopagia, Arcopagiinae, Barytellina, Cymatoica, Dellius, Florimetis, Fragilia, Gastrana, Idatellina, Lavignon, Lutricola, Macoma, Macominae, Maera, Merisca, Metis, Nelltia, Peiricola, Serratina, Strigillinae, Tellina, Tellina obruta, Tellininae
Subtaxa: Sourimis equilateralis Sourimis georgiana
Type: Tellina equilateralis
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of United States (9: Alabama, Delaware, Georgia, Maryland, North Dakota, South Dakota collections)
Total: 9 collections each including a single occurrence
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