Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae

Alternative combinations: Tellina (Angulus) declivis, Tellina (Moerella) declivis, Tellina declivis

Belongs to Moerella according to A. J. W. Hendy et al. 2008

Sister taxa: Moerella calpix, 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) hypolispa, Tellina (Moerella) indifferens, Tellina (Moerella) petropolitana, Tellina (Moerella) piesa, Tellina (Moerella) subdonacialis

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal deposit feeder