Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae
Alternative spelling: Tellina (Merisca)
Synonym: Lyratellina Olsson 1961
Parent taxon: Tellinidae according to J. A. Todd 2001
See also Gardner 1947, Sepkoski 2002, Vokes 1980 and Woodring 1982
Sister taxa: Acorylus, Ameritella, Arcopagia, Arcopagiinae, Barytellina, Cymatoica, Florimetis, Fragilia, Gastrana, Idatellina, Lavignon, Lutricola, Macoma, Macominae, Maera, Metis, Nelltia, Peiricola, Serratina, Sourimis, Strigillinae, Tellina, Tellininae
Subtaxa: Merisca martinicensis Merisca nasua Tellina (Merisca) aequistriata Tellina (Merisca) cristallina Tellina (Merisca) lyra Tellina (Merisca) pycna Tellina (Merisca) reclusa
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Ecuador (1 collection), United States (4: Florida, Louisiana), Uruguay (1), Venezuela (1)
• Pliocene of the Dominican Republic (1), Jamaica (2), the Philippines (1), United States (2: Florida, South Carolina), Venezuela (3)
• Miocene of the Dominican Republic (2), Japan (1), Panama (3), the Philippines (1), Trinidad and Tobago (6), United States (1: Florida)
• Oligocene to Miocene of United States (3: Florida)
• Oligocene of Panama (2)
Total: 35 collections including 41 occurrences
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