Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae

Belongs to Tellina (Eurytellina) according to W. P. Woodring 1982

Sister taxa: Eurytellina aequicincta, Eurytellina cibaoica, Eurytellina lineata, Eurytellina punicea, Tellina (Eurytellina) alincia, Tellina (Eurytellina) alternata, Tellina (Eurytellina) angulosa, Tellina (Eurytellina) hertleini, Tellina (Eurytellina) laplata, Tellina (Eurytellina) lorenzoensis, Tellina (Eurytellina) mantaensis, Tellina (Eurytellina) milamensis, Tellina (Eurytellina) mooreana, Tellina (Eurytellina) nitens, Tellina (Eurytellina) ophiaca, Tellina (Eurytellina) papyria, Tellina (Eurytellina) paraguanensis, Tellina (Eurytellina) pressa, Tellina (Eurytellina) regia, Tellina (Eurytellina) tayloriana, Tellina (Eurytellina) tumbezensis, Tellina (Eurytellina) vetula

Type specimen: USNM 135893, a shell

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal deposit feeder

Average measurements (in mm): shell 39.0 x 22.5