Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae
Full reference: J. R. Gardner. 1947. The Molluscan Fauna of the Alum Bluff Group of Florida. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper (142A-H)1-709
Belongs to Tellina (Tellinella) according to J. R. Gardner 1947
Sister taxa: Tellina (Tellinella) canaliculata, Tellina (Tellinella) chipolana, Tellina (Tellinella) insurata, Tellina (Tellinella) listeri, Tellina (Tellinella) protera, Tellina (Tellinella) reflexa, Tellina (Tellinella) strophia, Tellina (Tellinella) tenuilineata, Tellina (Tellinella) tricarinata, Tellina (Tellinella) virgata, Tellinella oblonga, Tellinella rovala
Type specimen: USNM 353912, a shell. Its type locality is USGS Loc. 3733 - Shell Bluff [Shoal River Fm], which is in a Serravallian marine marl/sandstone in the Shoal River Formation of Florida.
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Miocene of United States (3: Florida collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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