Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae
Parent taxon: Tellininae according to H. E. Vokes 1980
See also Sepkoski 2002 and Skwarko 1967
Sister taxa: Abranda, Aenona, Agnomyax, Angulus, Arcopagella, Arcopaginula, Arcopagiopsis, Clathrotellina, Hemimetis, Hercodon, Jactellina, Laciolina, Linearis, Liothyris, Macomona, Obtellina, Pharaonella, Phylloda, Pinguitellina, Pistris, Pseudarcopagia, Punipagia, Quadrans, Quidnipagus, Scutarcopagia, Semelangulus, Solyma, Strigilla, Tampaella, Tellidora, Tellinides, Tellinimera, Tellipiura, Tonganaella
Subtaxa: Palaeomoera dyskritos
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Algeria (1 collection), Australia (2), Cameroon (1), Egypt (1), Germany (1), India (1), Mozambique (1), the United Kingdom (2), United States (5: California)
Total: 15 collections each including a single occurrence
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