Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae
Alternative combination: Tellina (Moerella) verdevilla
Full reference: J. A. Gardner. 1943. Mollusca from the Miocene and Lower Pliocene of Virginia and North Carolina. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 199(A)
Belongs to Moerella according to A. J. W. Hendy et al. 2008
Sister taxa: Moerella calpix, Moerella declivis, Moerella dupliniana, Moerella macilenta, Moerella meropsis, Moerella securiclata, Tellina (Moerella) acalypta, 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 325596, a shell
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal deposit feeder
Average measurements (in mm): shell 15.0 x 21.0