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Tellina (Moerella)

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae

Taxonomy

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, Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 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 (205 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)
Middle Eocene48.6 - 37.2Indonesia Tellina nanggulanensis (70082)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3USA (Mississippi) Tellina petropolitana (99673)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3USA (Texas) Tellina aldrichi (205421)
Lutetian - Bartonian47.8 - 38.0USA (Texas) Tellina petropolitana (41436)
Lutetian - Bartonian47.8 - 38.0USA (Alabama) Tellina aldrichi (205439)
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 (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)
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 - 15.97USA (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)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Venezuela (Zulia) Tellina quirosana (60627)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Germany Moerella donacina (164944 164945)
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 - 5.333Trinidad 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 - 5.333Haiti Tellina calpix (60095)
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 - 2.588India Tellina bonneti (77658)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Indonesia Tellina nannodes (70097)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588USA (South Carolina) Tellina declivis (92412)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588USA (Virginia) Moerella declivis (79709) Moerella sp. (80038) Tellina declivis (78267 78270)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Mexico (Veracruz) Tellina jungi (134767)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588USA (Florida) Moerella sp. (80029) Tellina macilenta (59486)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Jamaica Moerella hendersoni, Scissula healeyi (69090) Tellina healeyi, Tellina simpsoni, Tellina hendersoni (58522)
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)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Panama (Bocas del Toro) Moerella sp. (61344)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Panama (Bocas) Moerella sp. (61343)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Japan Moerella sp. (62301)
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 - 0.781USA (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 - 0.0117USA (South Carolina) Moerella sp. (80053 80083)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Philippines (Panay) Tellina nannodes (41651)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Moerella sp. (80030)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Haiti Tellina caribaea (66811)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (North Carolina) Tellina dupliniana, Tellina macilenta (59313)
Middle Pleistocene0.781 - 0.126USA (Florida) Moerella sp. (80046) Tellina similis (67069)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.126 - 0.0117Jamaica Tellina similis (80408)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Moerella sp. (69034 69084 69085 80027) Scissula similis (69087)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117Cayman Islands Tellina similis (80837 80853)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117USA (South Carolina) Scissula sp. (79707)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.126 - 0.0Panama (Panama) Moerella amianta (160394) Moerella amianta, Moerella subtrigona, Moerella tabogensis, Scissula varilineata (160395)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Thailand Tellina hilaris (67931) Tellina sp. (67930)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Louisiana) Tellina iris (41935 92776)