Moerella macilenta Dall 1900 (tellin clam)

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae

Alternative combinations: Tellina (Angulus) macilenta, Tellina (Moerella) macilenta

Belongs to Moerella according to A. J. W. Hendy et al. 2008

See also Gardner 1943

Sister taxa: Moerella (Scissula), Moerella calpix, Moerella declivis, Moerella dupliniana, 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

Type specimen: USNM 115045, a shell

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal deposit feeder

Distribution:

• Quaternary of United States (2: North Carolina collections)

• Pliocene of United States (7: Florida, North Carolina)

Total: 9 collections each including a single occurrence

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