Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae
Belongs to Tellina according to L. S. Russell and R. W. Landes 1937
Sister taxa: Tellina (Arcopagia) gabbi, Tellina (Cadella), Tellina (Cyclotellina), Tellina (Homalina), Tellina (Laciolina), Tellina (Macaliopsis), Tellina (Macomona), Tellina (Megangulus), Tellina (Miratellina), Tellina (Olcesia), Tellina (Oudardia), Tellina (Peronaea), Tellina (Phyllodina), Tellina (Pseudarcopagia) victoriae, Tellina (Scutarcopagia), Tellina (Scutocopagia), Tellina (Sinuosipagia), Tellina (Tellinella), Tellina actutangula, Tellina albinelloides, Tellina asperrima, Tellina australis, Tellina balaustina, Tellina barrandei, Tellina benedenii, Tellina bernayi, Tellina beyrichi, Tellina bodegensis, Tellina brimonti, Tellina buboana, Tellina bullula, Tellina burmeisteri, Tellina cainozoica, Tellina californica, Tellina capsoides, Tellina collustrata, Tellina couvaensis, Tellina cumana, Tellina cupressensis, Tellina distans, Tellina distorta, Tellina divaricata, Tellina donacilla, Tellina donacina, Tellina dowlingi, Tellina dunelmensis, Tellina edwardsi, Tellina egena, Tellina emacerata, Tellina exarata, Tellina fabula, Tellina foliacea, Tellina idonea, Tellina lata, Tellina leana, Tellina lilium, Tellina longicallus, Tellina madagascariensis, Tellina masinguiensis, Tellina masoni, Tellina maylandensis, Tellina merangiana, Tellina minima, Tellina molengraaffi, Tellina nitida, Tellina patula, Tellina perna, Tellina pilgrimi, Tellina pinguis, Tellina planata, Tellina porrecta, Tellina protostriatula, Tellina pulchella, Tellina pygmaea, Tellina radiata, Tellina ralphi, Tellina rastella, Tellina redmondii, Tellina remies, Tellina remondii, Tellina robusta, Tellina ruderata, Tellina rugosa, Tellina segregata, Tellina soledadensis, Tellina songoensis, Tellina staurella, Tellina tallicheti, Tellina tehachapi, Tellina temperata, Tellina tenuis, Tellina transversa, Tellina truncata, Tellina vancouverensis, Tellina venezuelensis, Tellina verneuili, Tellina virginiana, Tellina williamsi, Tellina wilsoni, Tellina woodwardi
Ecology: facultatively mobile deep infaunal deposit feeder