Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae
Alternative combination: Tellina regia
Synonyms: Tellina (Eurytellina) ecuadoriana Pilsbry and Olsson 1941, Tellina simulans Adams 1852
Belongs to Tellina (Eurytellina) according to E. V. Coan and P. Valentich-Scott 2012
See also Pilsbry and Olsson 1941
Sister taxa: Eurytellina aequicincta, Eurytellina cibaoica, Eurytellina lineata, Eurytellina punicea, Eurytellina rubescens, Tellina (Eurytellina) alincia, Tellina (Eurytellina) alternata, Tellina (Eurytellina) angulosa, Tellina (Eurytellina) eburnea, Tellina (Eurytellina) hannibali, Tellina (Eurytellina) herndonensis, Tellina (Eurytellina) hertleini, Tellina (Eurytellina) inaequistriata, Tellina (Eurytellina) laplata, Tellina (Eurytellina) lorenzoensis, Tellina (Eurytellina) martinezensis, Tellina (Eurytellina) milamensis, Tellina (Eurytellina) mooreana, Tellina (Eurytellina) nitens, Tellina (Eurytellina) oldroydi, Tellina (Eurytellina) ophiaca, Tellina (Eurytellina) papyria, Tellina (Eurytellina) paraguanensis, Tellina (Eurytellina) pressa, Tellina (Eurytellina) prora, Tellina (Eurytellina) roburina, Tellina (Eurytellina) tayloriana, Tellina (Eurytellina) tumbezensis, Tellina (Eurytellina) vetula
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Ecuador (1 collection), Mexico (1), Panama (1)
• Pliocene of Costa Rica (1)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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