Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae
Alternative combination: Tellina (Merisca) hypolispa
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) cloneta, Tellina (Moerella) colomnbiana, Tellina (Moerella) ctenota, Tellina (Moerella) indifferens, Tellina (Moerella) petropolitana, Tellina (Moerella) piesa, Tellina (Moerella) subdonacialis
Type specimen: USNM 114597, a shell
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal deposit feeder
Average measurements (in mm): shell 13.5 x 8.5