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 (Phyllodina) according to J. R. Gardner 1947
Sister taxa: Phyllodina lepidota, Tellina (Phyllodina) cumingii, Tellina (Phyllodina) dodona, Tellina (Phyllodina) englishi, Tellina (Phyllodina) lebecki, Tellina (Phyllodina) pristiphora, Tellina (Phyllodina) squamifera
Type specimen: USNM 353914, a shell. Its type locality is USGS Loc. 3742 - Mossyhead [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 (6: Florida collections)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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