Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae
Parent taxon: Tellininae according to B. Salvat et al. 2018
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, Tellinimera, Tellipiura
Subtaxa: Tonganaella perna
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Australia (5 collections), French Polynesia (1)
• Pliocene of South Africa (2)
Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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