Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae
Alternative combination: Tellina kewi
Full reference: R. E. Dickerson. 1914. Fauna of the Martinez Eocene of California. Bulletin of the Department of Geology, University of California 6:61-180
Belongs to Tellina (Megangulus) according to E. J. Moore 2003
Sister taxa: Megangulus bodegensis, Megangulus maxima, Megangulus protovenulosa, Megangulus pulchrus, Tellina (Megangulus) crooki, Tellina (Megangulus) lutea
Type specimen: UCMP 11715, a shell
Ecology: facultatively mobile deep infaunal deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (2: California collections)
• Paleocene of United States (4: California)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
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