Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae
Alternative spelling: Tellina (Moerella)
Parent taxon: Tellininae according to H. E. Vokes 1980
Sister taxa: Abranda, Aenona, Angulus, Arcopagella, Arcopaginula, Clathrotellina, Hemimetis, Laciolina, Linearis, Liothyris, Macomona, Obtellina, Palaeomoera, Pharaonella, Phylloda, Pinguitellina, Pistris, Pseudarcopagia, Punipagia, Quadrans, Quidnipagus, Scutarcopagia, Semelangulus, Solyma, Strigilla, Tellidora, Tellinides, Tellinimera
Subtaxa: 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) hypolispa, Tellina (Moerella) indifferens, Tellina (Moerella) petropolitana, Tellina (Moerella) piesa, Tellina (Moerella) subdonacialis
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal deposit feeder