Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae
Alternative combinations: Tellina (Peronidia) papyria, Tellina papyria
Belongs to Tellina (Eurytellina) according to K. V. Palmer and D. C. Brann 1965
See also Harris 1919 and Kiessling 2003
Sister taxa: Eurytellina aequicincta, Eurytellina cibaoica, Eurytellina lineata, Eurytellina punicea, Eurytellina rubescens, Tellina (Eurytellina) alincia, Tellina (Eurytellina) alternata, Tellina (Eurytellina) angulosa, Tellina (Eurytellina) eburnea, Tellina (Eurytellina) hannibali, Tellina (Eurytellina) herndonensis, Tellina (Eurytellina) hertleini, Tellina (Eurytellina) inaequistriata, Tellina (Eurytellina) laplata, Tellina (Eurytellina) lorenzoensis, Tellina (Eurytellina) martinezensis, Tellina (Eurytellina) milamensis, Tellina (Eurytellina) mooreana, Tellina (Eurytellina) nitens, Tellina (Eurytellina) oldroydi, Tellina (Eurytellina) ophiaca, Tellina (Eurytellina) paraguanensis, Tellina (Eurytellina) pressa, Tellina (Eurytellina) prora, Tellina (Eurytellina) regia, Tellina (Eurytellina) roburina, Tellina (Eurytellina) tayloriana, Tellina (Eurytellina) tumbezensis, Tellina (Eurytellina) vetula
Type specimen: ANSP 30528, a shell
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (29: Alabama, Mississippi, South Carolina, Texas collections)
Total: 29 collections including 30 occurrences
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