Family Tellinidae Blainville 1814 (tellin clam)
Parent taxon: Tellinoidea according to J. G. Carter et al. 2011
Sister taxa: Donacidae, Icanotiidae, Psammobiidae, Quenstedtiidae, Semelidae, Solecurtidae, Sowerbyidae, Tancrediidae, Unicardiopsidae
Subtaxa: Acorylus, Arcopagia, Barytellina, Cymatoica, Elliptotellina, Eurytellina, Florimetis, Fragilia, Gastrana, Macoma, Macominae, Maera, Merisca, Metis, Nelltia, Peiricola, Psammacoma, Serratina, Sourimis, Strigillinae, Tellina, Tellininae
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal deposit feeder