Tellina venezuelensis Richards 1943 (tellin clam)

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae

Full reference: H. G. Richards. 1943. Pleistocene mollusks from Margarita Island, Venezuela. Journal of Paleontology 17(1):120-123

Belongs to Tellina according to H. G. Richards 1943

Sister taxa: Tellina (Arcopagia) gabbi, Tellina (Cadella), Tellina (Cyclotellina), Tellina (Elliptotellina), Tellina (Eurytellina), Tellina (Fabulina), Tellina (Finlayella), Tellina (Gastranopsis), Tellina (Homalina), Tellina (Laciolina), Tellina (Loxoglypta), Tellina (Macaliopsis), Tellina (Macomona), Tellina (Megangulus), Tellina (Miratellina), Tellina (Moerella), Tellina (Nitidotellina), Tellina (Olcesia), Tellina (Oudardia), Tellina (Peronaea), Tellina (Peronidia), Tellina (Phyllodina), Tellina (Pseudarcopagia) victoriae, Tellina (Saulella), Tellina (Scutarcopagia), Tellina (Scutocopagia), Tellina (Sinuosipagia), Tellina (Tellinella), Tellina (Tellinidella), Tellina actutangula, Tellina aequalis, Tellina albinelloides, Tellina alisoensis, Tellina alta, Tellina ashburnerii, Tellina asperrima, Tellina australis, Tellina balaustina, Tellina barrandei, Tellina bavarica, Tellina benedenii, Tellina bernayi, Tellina beyrichi, Tellina brevirostralis, Tellina brimonti, Tellina buboana, Tellina bullula, Tellina burmeisteri, Tellina cainozoica, Tellina capsoides, Tellina cherokeensis, Tellina clallamensis, Tellina collustrata, Tellina cossmanni, Tellina couvaensis, Tellina cumana, Tellina cupressensis, Tellina cynoglossula, Tellina decurtata, Tellina diegoana, Tellina distans, Tellina distorta, Tellina divaricata, Tellina donacilla, Tellina donacina, Tellina dowlingi, Tellina edentula, Tellina edwardsi, Tellina egena, Tellina elliptica, Tellina equideclivis, Tellina equilateralis, Tellina eugenia, Tellina exarata, Tellina fabula, Tellina flexuosa, Tellina foliacea, Tellina fraasi, Tellina geulemensis, Tellina gibber, Tellina hoffmanniana, Tellina idonea, Tellina isonema, Tellina kincaidi, Tellina lata, Tellina leana, Tellina lilium, Tellina longicallus, Tellina luederitzi, Tellina madagascariensis, Tellina masinguiensis, Tellina masoni, Tellina maylandensis, Tellina merangiana, Tellina merriami, Tellina minima, Tellina modesta, Tellina molengraaffi, Tellina nitida, Tellina oregonensis, Tellina palatam, Tellina panamensis, Tellina parilis, Tellina patula, Tellina pectorosa, Tellina perrini, Tellina phylloides, Tellina pilgrimi, Tellina pinguis, Tellina pittsburgensis, Tellina planata, Tellina pondicherriensis, Tellina porrecta, Tellina praecuta, Tellina protostriatula, Tellina pulchella, Tellina pygmaea, Tellina quadrata, Tellina radiata, Tellina ralphi, Tellina rastella, Tellina redmondii, Tellina remies, Tellina remondii, Tellina ruderata, Tellina rugosa, Tellina santana, Tellina scandula, Tellina segregata, Tellina serica, Tellina serrata, Tellina sillimani, Tellina soledadensis, Tellina songoensis, Tellina staurella, Tellina subequalis, Tellina sutterensis, Tellina tallicheti, Tellina tehachapi, Tellina temperata, Tellina tenuis, Tellina transversa, Tellina tricarinata, Tellina trumani, Tellina truncata, Tellina vancouverensis, Tellina verneuili, Tellina vicksburgensis, Tellina virginiana, Tellina williamsi, Tellina wilsoni, Tellina woodmanensis, Tellina woodwardi

Type specimen: ANSP 14932. Its type locality is Juan Griego, Margarita Island, which is in a Pleistocene coastal lime mudstone in Venezuela.

Ecology: facultatively mobile deep infaunal deposit feeder

Distribution: found only at Juan Griego, Margarita Island

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