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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 dinomera, Tellina estellensis, Tellina felix, Tellina frontera, Tellina gouldia, 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
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Locomotion: facultatively mobileg
Life habit: infaunalg
Diet: deposit feederg
Vision: blindc
Comments: LIFE HISTORY: IS, MA, UN, DS according to Todd (2001).g
Created: 2009-09-09 13:36:26
Modified: 2009-09-09 15:36:26
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Sanchez Roig 1926, Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Danian to the top of the Holocene or 66.00000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 61.6 Ma

Collections (207 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Danian66.0 - 61.6USA (Texas) Tellina brevis (205466)
Late/Upper Paleocene58.7 - 55.8China (Xinjiang) Tellina ravuli (77840 77843)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Spain Moerella sp. (75361 75362 75364 75368 75371 75374 75377 75378 75382 75389 75391 75392 75401 75413)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3USA (Texas) Tellina aldrichi (205421)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3USA (Mississippi) Tellina petropolitana (99673)
Lutetian - Bartonian47.8 - 38.0USA (Alabama) Tellina aldrichi (205439)
Lutetian - Bartonian47.8 - 38.0USA (Texas) Tellina petropolitana (41436)
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71Indonesia Tellina nanggulanensis (70082)
Lutetian - Priabonian47.8 - 33.9Russian Federation Angulus lincolnensis (50138)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Alabama) Tellina aldrichi (90469)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Texas) Tellina petropolitana (7438 7439 90656 205422)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9USA (Washington) Tellina lincolnensis (40733)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9USA (Oregon) Moerella quasimacoma (39943 39946 39947 39948 39951 39952 40182 40183 40184 40185 40186 40189 40191 40192 40195 40197 40199 126108 233549) Tellina lincolnensis (38939 38940 38941 38984 38999 39000 39002 39003 39004 39023 39025 39036)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9New Zealand (Canterbury) Moerella securiclata (45040)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9USA (Washington) Tellina obruta (4900)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4France (Essonne) Tellina raulini (9075 9076 9077 9078 9098 9114 9132) Tellina trigonula (9193 9266 9267 9268 9269)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.03France (Essonne) Tellina trigonula (9270)
Chattian - Aquitanian28.1 - 20.44USA (Florida) Tellina atossa (60985)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97USA (New Jersey) Tellina declivis (59335 59364 92759)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97India Tellina indifferens (76573 78641)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Venezuela (Zulia) Tellina quirosana (60627)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Germany Moerella donacina (164944 164945)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97USA (Florida) Moerella sp. (68971) Tellina acalypta (42605 42642 42657 42678) Tellina acosmita (42281 42290 42366) Tellina agria (42663) Tellina cloneta (42222) Tellina cloneta, Tellina acosmita (42328) Tellina hypolispa (42367) Tellina hypolispa, Tellina agria, Tellina acalypta (42482) Tellina lampra (42250) Tellina lampra, Tellina cloneta, Tellina hypolispa, Tellina acloneta, Tellina acosmita (41760) Tellina lampra, Tellina hypolispa, Tellina ctenota (42443) Tellina sp., Tellina cloneta (42225)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608India Tellina indifferens (72085)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62USA (Florida) Moerella acalyptya (68970) Tellina piesa (42692 42813 42870 42872 42886 42888 42892 43022 43023 43024 43028 43031 43032 43036 94810 111204 136943)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Dominican Republic Scissula scitula (58817)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Haiti Tellina calpix (60095)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Trinidad and Tobago Moerella elinguis (60399 60404 60405 60630 60632 60633 60634 60635)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333USA (Virginia) Moerella sp. (79751 79752 79754)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Dominican Republic Scissula scitula (58824 58867)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Ecuador (Manabi) Moerella yapa (60771)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Trinidad and Tobago Moerella elinguis (60409 60410 60644 60647 60649 60653 60659)
Early/Lower Pliocene - Late/Upper Pliocene5.333 - 2.588USA (North Carolina) Tellina dupliniana (59330) Tellina macilenta (59329)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Indonesia Tellina nannodes (70097)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588India Tellina bonneti (77658)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588USA (Virginia) Moerella declivis (79709) Moerella sp. (80038) Tellina declivis (78267 78270)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588USA (Florida) Moerella sp. (80029) Tellina macilenta (59486)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588USA (North Carolina) Moerella macilenta, Moerella dupliniana (69018) Moerella sp. (79341 79343) Moerella sp., Moerella macilenta, Moerella dupliniana (68979) Tellina dupliniana (59327) Tellina dupliniana, Tellina macilenta (59307 59309 59310)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Mexico (Veracruz) Tellina jungi (134767)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Jamaica Moerella hendersoni, Scissula healeyi (69090) Tellina healeyi, Tellina simpsoni, Tellina hendersoni (58522)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588USA (South Carolina) Tellina declivis (92412)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Panama (Bocas del Toro) Moerella sp. (61344)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Panama (Bocas) Moerella sp. (61343)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781USA (North Carolina) Moerella macilenta (69043) Moerella sp. (80033) Tellina dupliniana (59312 59315 59316 59317 59318)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Japan Moerella sp. (62301)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781USA (Florida) Moerella sp. (79786 79788 79789) Moerella sp., Scissula candeana (69029) Tellina calliglypta (79338) Tellina candeana, Tellina sybaritica (79336) Tellina similis (41501) Tellina similis, Tellina sybaritica (79331)
Early/Lower Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Italy (Livorno) Moerella donacina (173663)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Philippines (Panay) Tellina nannodes (41651)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (North Carolina) Tellina dupliniana, Tellina macilenta (59313)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Moerella sp. (80030)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Haiti Tellina caribaea (66811)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (South Carolina) Moerella sp. (80053 80083)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (Florida) Moerella sp. (80046) Tellina similis (67069)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Cayman Islands Tellina similis (80837 80853)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Moerella sp. (69034 69084 69085 80027) Scissula similis (69087)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (South Carolina) Scissula sp. (79707)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117Jamaica Tellina similis (80408)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Panama (Panama) Moerella amianta (160394) Moerella amianta, Moerella subtrigona, Moerella tabogensis, Scissula varilineata (160395)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Louisiana) Tellina iris (41935 92776)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Thailand Tellina hilaris (67931) Tellina sp. (67930)