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Tellina (Moerella)
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).
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
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1887 | Moerella Fischer p. 1147 |
1925 | Tellina (Moerella) Oldroyd p. 6 |
1928 | Tellina (Moerella) Vredenburg p. 459 |
1943 | Tellina (Moerella) Gardner p. 94 |
1944 | Tellina (Moerella) Durham p. 149 |
1947 | Tellina (Moerella) Gardner p. 195 |
1980 | Moerella Vokes p. 143 |
2002 | Moerella Sepkoski |
2012 | Tellina (Moerella) Coan and Valentich-Scott p. 647 |
2015 | Moerella Hickman p. 25 |
2020 | Tellina (Moerella) Hendy |
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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
†Tellina (Scissula) lampra Dall 1900
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
†Tellina (Moerella) acalypta Dall 1900
†Tellina (Moerella) acloneta Dall 1900
†Tellina (Moerella) acosmita Dall 1900
†Tellina (Moerella) agria Dall 1900
†Tellina (Moerella) aldrichi Dall 1900
Tellina (Moerella) amianta Dall 1900
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Invalid names: Tellina (Angulus) cerrosiana Dall 1900 [synonym]
†Tellina (Moerella) cloneta Dall 1900
†Tellina (Moerella) colomnbiana Clark and Durham 1946
†Tellina (Moerella) ctenota Gardner 1947
†Tellina (Moerella) hypolispa Dall 1900
†Tellina (Moerella) indifferens Noetling 1901
†Tellina (Moerella) lincolnensis Weaver 1916
†Tellina (Moerella) obrupta Conrad 1848
†Tellina (Moerella) paraguanensis Hodson 1931
†Tellina (Moerella) petropolitana Stenzel and Krause 1957
†Tellina (Moerella) piesa Gardner 1947
†Tellina (Moerella) quirosana Hodson 1931
†Tellina (Moerella) subdonacialis d'Archiac and Haime 1853
Tellina (Moerella) subtrigona Sowerby 1866
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Invalid names: Tellina erythronotus Pilsbry and Lowe 1932 [synonym], Tellina puellula Salisbury 1934 [synonym]
Tellina (Moerella) tabogensis Salisbury 1934
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Invalid names: Tellina (Angulus) panamensis Dall 1900 [replaced]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available