Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae
Parent taxon: Tellinidae according to Huber et al. 2015
Sister taxa: Acorylus, Arcopagia, Arcopagiinae, Barytellina, Cymatoica, Florimetis, Fragilia, Gastrana, Idatellina, Lavignon, Lutricola, Macoma, Macominae, Maera, Merisca, Metis, Nelltia, Peiricola, Serratina, Sourimis, Strigillinae, Tellina, Tellina obruta, Tellininae
Subtaxa: Ameritella carpenteri Ameritella modesta
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Mexico (2 collections), Panama (1), United States (24: California)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of United States (1: California)
• Pliocene of United States (1: California)
Total: 29 collections including 31 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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