Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae

Alternative combination: Cytherea tellinaria

Belongs to Tivelina according to J. Le Renard and J.-M. Pacaud 1995

Sister taxa: Tivelina analoga, Tivelina baudoni, Tivelina capsuloides, Tivelina coislinensis, Tivelina deltoidea, Tivelina dixoni, Tivelina gibbosula, Tivelina nuculoides, Tivelina parameces, Tivelina rustica, Tivelina siliqua, Tivelina sphenarium, Tivelina subquadrangularis, Tivelina vincentiana

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder