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Tellina (Moerella)

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae

Taxonomy
Moerella was named by Fischer (1887) [Sepkoski's age data: T Eo-l R]. It is extant.

It was reranked as Tellina (Moerella) by Oldroyd (1925), Vredenburg (1928), Gardner (1943), Durham (1944), Gardner (1947), Coan and Valentich-Scott (2012) and Hendy (2020).

It was assigned to Tellininae by Vokes (1980); to Veneroida by Sepkoski (2002); to Tellinidae by Hickman (2015); and to Tellina by Oldroyd (1925), Vredenburg (1928), Gardner (1943), Durham (1944), Gardner (1947), Coan and Valentich-Scott (2012) and Hendy (2020).

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 (syn. Tellina (Angulus) cerrosiana), 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 (syn. Tellina puellula, Tellina erythronotus), Tellina (Moerella) tabogensis (syn. Tellina (Angulus) panamensis)
Species lacking formal opinion data
Angulus donacillus, Tellina aquitanica, Tellina bellsiana, Tellina browni, Tellina carlilana, Tellina celetes, Tellina colombiana, Tellina cowlitzensis, Tellina dinomera, Tellina estellensis, Tellina felix, Tellina frontera, Tellina gouldia, Tellina idea, Tellina kikaizimana, Tellina luderitizi, Tellina multiconcentrica, Tellina munda, Tellina pretiosa, Tellina quihi, Tellina rollandensis, Tellina rosa, Tellina rostralis, Tellina rostrata, Tellina scrippensis, Tellina semipapyra, Tellina silicata, Tellina silicata, Tellina subprotexta, Tellina subtriangularis, Tellina townsendsis, Tellina woodmansensis
Sister taxa
Moerella (Scissula)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1887Moerella Fischer p. 1147
1925Tellina (Moerella) Oldroyd p. 6
1928Tellina (Moerella) Vredenburg p. 459
1943Tellina (Moerella) Gardner p. 94
1944Tellina (Moerella) Durham p. 149
1947Tellina (Moerella) Gardner p. 195
1980Moerella Vokes p. 143
2002Moerella Sepkoski
2012Tellina (Moerella) Coan and Valentich-Scott p. 647
2015Moerella Hickman p. 25
2020Tellina (Moerella) Hendy

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
—Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
—CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
RankNameAuthor
—CardioniFerussac 1822
—CardiidiaFerussac 1822
—CardiataFerussac 1822
superorderCardiiformiiFerussac 1822
orderCardiidaFerussac 1822
suborderCardiidinaFerussac 1822
—CardioideiFerussac 1822
superfamilyTellinoidea(Blainville 1814)
familyTellinidaeBlainville 1814
genusTellinaLinnaeus 1758
subgenusMoerella(Fischer 1887)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Subg. Tellina (Moerella) Fischer 1887
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Subg. Moerella (Scissula) Dall 1900
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Scissula iris Say 1822
Scissula similis Sowerby 1806
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Invalid names: Tellina caribaea d'Orbigny 1853 [synonym]
Tellina (Scissula) varilineata Pilsbry and Olsson 1943
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Invalid names: Moerella (Scissula) esmeralda Olsson 1961 [synonym]
†Moerella calpix Gardner 1943
†Moerella declivis Conrad 1834
†Moerella dupliniana Dall 1900
†Moerella macilenta Dall 1900
†Moerella quasimacoma Hickman 2015
†Moerella securiclata Maxwell 1992
†Moerella verdevilla Gardner 1943
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Invalid names: Tellina (Angulus) cerrosiana Dall 1900 [synonym]
†Tellina (Moerella) colomnbiana Clark and Durham 1946
†Tellina (Moerella) petropolitana Stenzel and Krause 1957
†Tellina (Moerella) piesa Gardner 1947
†Tellina (Moerella) subdonacialis d'Archiac and Haime 1853
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Invalid names: Tellina erythronotus Pilsbry and Lowe 1932 [synonym], Tellina puellula Salisbury 1934 [synonym]
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Invalid names: Tellina (Angulus) panamensis Dall 1900 [replaced]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available