Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae
Belongs to Tellina (Moerella) according to H. K. Hodson 1931
Sister taxa: Moerella (Scissula), Moerella calpix, Moerella declivis, Moerella dupliniana, Moerella macilenta, Moerella quasimacoma, Moerella securiclata, Moerella verdevilla, Tellina (Moerella) acalypta, Tellina (Moerella) acloneta, Tellina (Moerella) acosmita, Tellina (Moerella) agria, Tellina (Moerella) aldrichi, Tellina (Moerella) amianta, Tellina (Moerella) cloneta, Tellina (Moerella) colomnbiana, Tellina (Moerella) ctenota, Tellina (Moerella) hypolispa, Tellina (Moerella) indifferens, Tellina (Moerella) lincolnensis, Tellina (Moerella) obrupta, Tellina (Moerella) petropolitana, Tellina (Moerella) piesa, Tellina (Moerella) quirosana, Tellina (Moerella) subdonacialis, Tellina (Moerella) subtrigona, Tellina (Moerella) tabogensis
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal deposit feeder
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Tellina (Moerella) paraguanensis in the database
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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