Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae

Alternative spelling: Tellina (Elliptotellina)

Parent taxon: Tellinidae according to J. A. Todd 2001

Sister taxa: Acorylus, Arcopagia, Barytellina, Cymatoica, Eurytellina, Florimetis, Fragilia, Gastrana, Macoma, Macominae, Maera, Merisca, Metis, Nelltia, Peiricola, Psammacoma, Serratina, Sourimis, Strigillinae, Tellina, Tellininae

Subtaxa: Tellina (Elliptotellina) ambigua, Tellina (Elliptotellina) pacifica, Tellina (Elliptotellina) tellinella, Tellina (Elliptotellina) townsendensis

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Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal deposit feeder