Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae

Alternative combination: Tellina (Macaliopsis) cloneta

Belongs to Tellina (Moerella) according to J. R. Gardner 1947

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

Type specimen: USNM 114667, a shell

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal deposit feeder

Average measurements (in mm): shell 13.5 x 8.5