Tellinimera Conrad 1860 (tellin clam)

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae

Parent taxon: Tellininae according to H. E. Vokes 1980

See also 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, Tellipiura, Tonganaella

Subtaxa: Tellinimera kauffmani

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Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal deposit feeder

Distribution:

• Paleocene of United States (1: Alaska collection)

• Cretaceous of India (1), United States (98: Alabama, Georgia, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, New Jersey, North Carolina, North Dakota, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas)

Total: 100 collections including 136 occurrences

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