Phylloda Schumacher 1817 (tellin clam)

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae

Alternative spelling: Tellina (Phylloda)

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

See also Kosnik 2002 and Lamprell and Whitehead 1992

Sister taxa: Abranda, Aenona, Agnomyax, Angulus, Arcopagella, Arcopaginula, Arcopagiopsis, Clathrotellina, Hemimetis, Hercodon, Jactellina, Laciolina, Linearis, Liothyris, Macomona, Obtellina, Palaeomoera, Pharaonella, Pinguitellina, Pistris, Pseudarcopagia, Punipagia, Quadrans, Quidnipagus, Scutarcopagia, Semelangulus, Solyma, Strigilla, Tampaella, Tellidora, Tellinides, Tellinimera, Tellipiura, Tonganaella

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal deposit feeder

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Phylloda in the database

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