Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae
Belongs to Tellina (Eurytellina) according to W. P. Woodring 1982
See also Gardner 1947
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) papyria, Tellina (Eurytellina) paraguanensis, Tellina (Eurytellina) pressa, Tellina (Eurytellina) prora, Tellina (Eurytellina) regia, Tellina (Eurytellina) tayloriana, Tellina (Eurytellina) tumbezensis, Tellina (Eurytellina) vetula
Type specimen: USNM 135893, a shell
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Miocene of United States (5: Florida collections)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
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