Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae

Alternative combination: Tellina (Angulus) acalypta

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) acloneta, Tellina (Moerella) acosmita, Tellina (Moerella) agria, Tellina (Moerella) cloneta, Tellina (Moerella) colomnbiana, Tellina (Moerella) ctenota, Tellina (Moerella) hypolispa, Tellina (Moerella) indifferens, Tellina (Moerella) petropolitana, Tellina (Moerella) piesa, Tellina (Moerella) subdonacialis

Type specimen: USNM 135894, a shell

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal deposit feeder

Average measurements (in mm): shell 10.5 x 5.5