Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae

Alternative combination: Tellina (Moerella) meropsis

Synonym: Tellina (Moerella) paziana Dall 1900

Belongs to Moerella according to A. A. Olsson 1964

Sister taxa: Moerella calpix, Moerella declivis, Moerella dupliniana, Moerella macilenta, Moerella securiclata, Moerella verdevilla, Tellina (Moerella) acalypta, Tellina (Moerella) acloneta, Tellina (Moerella) acosmita, Tellina (Moerella) agria, Tellina (Moerella) cloneta, Tellina (Moerella) colomnbiana, Tellina (Moerella) ctenota, Tellina (Moerella) hypolispa, Tellina (Moerella) indifferens, Tellina (Moerella) petropolitana, Tellina (Moerella) piesa, Tellina (Moerella) subdonacialis

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal deposit feeder