Tellina (Moerella) Fischer 1887 (tellin clam)

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae

Alternative spelling: Moerella

Parent taxon: Tellina according to E. V. Coan and P. Valentich-Scott 2012

See also Durham 1944, Gardner 1943, Gardner 1947, Hendy 2020, Hickman 2015, Oldroyd 1925, Sepkoski 2002, Vokes 1980 and Vredenburg 1928

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 (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 venezuelensis, Tellina verneuili, Tellina vicksburgensis, Tellina virginiana, Tellina williamsi, Tellina wilsoni, Tellina woodmanensis, Tellina woodwardi

Subtaxa: Moerella (Scissula) Moerella calpix Moerella declivis Moerella dupliniana Moerella macilenta Moerella quasimacoma Moerella securiclata Moerella verdevilla Tellina (Moerella) acalypta Tellina (Moerella) acloneta Tellina (Moerella) acosmita Tellina (Moerella) agria Tellina (Moerella) aldrichi Tellina (Moerella) amianta Tellina (Moerella) cloneta Tellina (Moerella) colomnbiana Tellina (Moerella) ctenota Tellina (Moerella) hypolispa Tellina (Moerella) indifferens Tellina (Moerella) lincolnensis Tellina (Moerella) paraguanensis Tellina (Moerella) petropolitana Tellina (Moerella) piesa Tellina (Moerella) quirosana Tellina (Moerella) subdonacialis Tellina (Moerella) subtrigona Tellina (Moerella) tabogensis

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Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal deposit feeder

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Cayman Islands (2 collections), Haiti (1), Italy (1), Jamaica (1), Japan (1), Panama (2), the Philippines (1), Thailand (2), United States (29: Florida, Louisiana, North Carolina, South Carolina)

• Pliocene of Ecuador (1), India (1), Indonesia (1), Jamaica (2), Mexico (1), Panama (2), Trinidad and Tobago (7), United States (17: Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia)

• Miocene of the Dominican Republic (3), Germany (2), Haiti (1), India (3), Trinidad and Tobago (8), United States (41: Florida, New Jersey, Virginia), Venezuela (1)

• Oligocene to Miocene of United States (1: Florida)

• Oligocene of France (13)

• Eocene of Indonesia (1), New Zealand (1), the Russian Federation (1), Spain (14), United States (40: Alabama, Mississippi, Oregon, Texas)

• Paleocene of China (2), United States (1: Texas)

Total: 205 collections including 231 occurrences

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