Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae
Parent taxon: Tellinidae according to S. Mendir et al. 2021
See also Adegoke 1977, Coan et al. 2000, Freneix et al. 1988, Moore 1976, Perrilliat 1992, Squires 1987, Stilwell and Zinsmeister 1992, Vokes 1980 and Woodring 1982
Sister taxa: Acorylus, Ameritella, Arcopagia, Arcopagiinae, Barytellina, Cymatoica, Florimetis, Fragilia, Gastrana, Idatellina, Lavignon, Lutricola, Macoma, Macominae, Maera, Merisca, Metis, Nelltia, Peiricola, Serratina, Sourimis, Strigillinae, Tellina, Tellina obruta
Subtaxa: 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 Tonganaella
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Australia (8 collections), Belgium (2), Bermuda (2), Brazil (1), Cayman Islands (1), Costa Rica (2), Djibouti (1), the Dominican Republic (1), Ecuador (2), French Polynesia (1), Iran (1), Italy (1), Jamaica (1), Japan (3), Mexico (1), the Netherlands (4), New Zealand (1), Panama (1), the Philippines (1), Portugal (1), the Seychelles (6), Thailand (3), Turks and Caicos Islands (1), United States (84: California, Florida, Hawaii, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia), Venezuela (2)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Malaysia (3), United States (1: Florida)
• Pliocene of Australia (2), Belgium (6), Colombia (1), Costa Rica (7), the Dominican Republic (1), Ecuador (4), Indonesia (2), Italy (1), Jamaica (3), the Netherlands (1), New Zealand (1), Panama (4), the Philippines (2), the Russian Federation (1), South Africa (2), Trinidad and Tobago (9), United States (6: Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina), Vanuatu (1), Venezuela (1)
• Miocene of Australia (1), Belgium (6), Bulgaria (2), Colombia (5), the Dominican Republic (4), France (1), Germany (20), India (1), the Netherlands (2), New Zealand (1), Panama (13), Peru (1), the Philippines (1), Poland (1), Slovakia (1), Trinidad and Tobago (4), United States (13: Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Maryland, New Jersey, North Carolina, South Carolina), Venezuela (1)
• Oligocene of Austria (1), Belgium (3), Costa Rica (1), Denmark (3), Ecuador (1), France (13), Hungary (2), Japan (8), New Zealand (1), Peru (1), Puerto Rico (3), United States (1: Washington)
• Eocene of France (2), Japan (1), New Zealand (4), Panama (6), the Russian Federation (1), United States (49: Alabama, California, New Jersey, Oregon, Texas, Washington)
• Paleocene of New Zealand (1), the Russian Federation (2), United States (5: Alaska, California, New Jersey)
• Cretaceous of Algeria (3), Argentina (40), Australia (2), Austria (2), Cameroon (1), Canada (4: Alberta, British Columbia), China (1), Egypt (8), Germany (3), India (4), Japan (9), Lebanon (1), Mexico (1), Mozambique (2), the Netherlands (1), New Zealand (2), Peru (2), Poland (1), the Russian Federation (2), Serbia and Montenegro (1), the United Kingdom (3), United States (315: Alabama, Arizona, California, Delaware, Georgia, Kansas, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Carolina, North Dakota, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Wyoming)
Total: 786 collections including 1230 occurrences