Aenona Conrad 1870 (tellin clam)

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae

Parent taxon: Tellininae according to S. Mendir et al. 2021

See also Sepkoski 2002 and Vokes 1980

Sister taxa: Abranda, Agnomyax, Angulus, Arcopagella, Arcopaginula, Arcopagiopsis, Clathrotellina, Hemimetis, Hercodon, Jactellina, Laciolina, Linearis, Liothyris, Macomona, Obtellina, Palaeomoera, Pharaonella, Phylloda, Pinguitellina, Pistris, Pseudarcopagia, Punipagia, Quadrans, Quidnipagus, Scutarcopagia, Semelangulus, Solyma, Strigilla, Tampaella, Tellidora, Tellinides, Tellinimera, Tellipiura, Tonganaella

Subtaxa: Aenona ariana Aenona cenomanensis Aenona eufaulensis

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Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal deposit feeder

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Algeria (2 collections), Egypt (5), India (2), United States (92: Alabama, Delaware, Georgia, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, New Jersey, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas)

Total: 101 collections including 104 occurrences

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