Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae
Alternative combinations: Tellina (Angulus) dupliniana, Tellina (Moerella) dupliniana
Belongs to Moerella according to A. J. W. Hendy et al. 2008
See also Gardner 1943 and Glenn 1904
Sister taxa: Moerella (Scissula), Moerella calpix, Moerella declivis, 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) obrupta, Tellina (Moerella) paraguanensis, Tellina (Moerella) petropolitana, Tellina (Moerella) piesa, Tellina (Moerella) quirosana, Tellina (Moerella) subdonacialis, Tellina (Moerella) subtrigona, Tellina (Moerella) tabogensis
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of United States (6: North Carolina collections)
• Pliocene of United States (7: North Carolina)
Total: 13 collections each including a single occurrence
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