| Source Data | |
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| Rank | subgenus (PBDB) |
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| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Cardiida : Tellinidae : Tellina : Tellina (Tellinella) |
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Classification
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| Opinions (PBDB) | | Name | Rank | Opinion | Evidence | Author |
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| Tellina (Tellinella) | subgenus | belongs to Tellina | stated with evidence | Gardner, 1947 | | Tellina (Tellinella) | genus | belongs to Tellininae | stated with evidence | Vokes, 1980 | | Tellina (Tellinella) | subgenus | belongs to Tellina | stated with evidence | Woodring, 1982 | | Tellina (Tellinella) | genus | belongs to Tellininae | stated without evidence | Stilwell and Zinsmeister, 1992 | | Tellina (Tellinella) | subgenus | belongs to Tellina | stated with evidence | Coan et al., 2000 | | Tellina (Tellinella) | genus | belongs to Veneroida | second hand | Sepkoski, 2002 |
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| Status (PBDB) | extant |
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| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 16 |
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| Extant Size (PBDB) | 5 (31%) |
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| First Recorded Appearance | 83.5 - 70.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous |
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| Motility | facultatively mobile (based on Tellina (Tellinella)) |
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| Vision | blind (based on Bivalvia) |
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| Diet | deposit feeder (based on Tellina (Tellinella)) |
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| Ecospace Comments | LIFE HISTORY: IS, MA, UN, DS according to Todd (2001). |
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| Taphonomy | aragonite (based on Tellinidae) |
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| Primary Reference (PBDB) | J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560 |
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| Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560 |
| Gardner J. R. (1947) The Molluscan Fauna of the Alum Bluff Group of Florida, United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 142A-H, 1-709 |
| Vokes H. E. (1980) Genera of the Bivalvia: a systematic and bibliographic Catalogue, Genera of the Bivalvia: a systematic and bibliographic Catalogue |
| Woodring W. P. (1982) Geology and paleontology of canal zone and adjoing parts of Panama: Description of Tertiary mollusks (Pelecypods: Propeamussiidae to Cuspidariidae)., United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 306 F |
| Stilwell J. D., Zinsmeister W. J. (1992) Molluscan Systematics and Biostratigraphy, Antarctic Research Series, AGU 55 |
| Coan E. V., Scott P. V., et al (2000) Bivalve seashells of western North America, Santa Barbara Museum of Natural history Monographs 2, 1-764 |
Tellina (Tellinella)
