Scientific Classification
| Kingdom: Animalia |
| Phylum: Mollusca |
| Class: Bivalvia |
| Order: Imparidentia |
| Family: Tellinidae |
| Genus: Tellina |
| Species: Tellina cloneta (Dall, 1900) |
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Geological Range
Paleogeographic Distribution
Stratigraphic Occurrences
| Chipola Formation |
Remarks
Common name: n/a
Synonymy: n/a
Type specimen, locality, and stratum: n/a
Other voucher specimens: n/a
Descriptions:
Original Description (from Dall, 1900, p. 1020):
“Oligocene of the Chipola River, Calhoun County, Florida.
Shell small, thin, inequilateral, anterior end longer, more convex, and evenly rounded; posterior end shorter, rather suddenly pointed, and slightly flexed; beaks pointed, smooth, prominent; lunule and escutcheon obsolete; disk without radial striae, but with very thin, regular, rather distant concentric, elevated lamellae, easily worn off, the posterior end with an obsolete radial fold; hinge normal, pallial sinus large, gibbous, nearly reaching the anterior adductor scar, more than half confluent below. Lon. 13.5, alt. 8.5, diam. 4 mm.
Much more delicate and of a different form from the preceding species.”
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Measurements: n/a
Other remarks: n/a
References: n/a
Online resources: n/a
Page history:
Some of the content on this page was originally published on the Neogene Atlas of Ancient Life on July 9, 2014. It was developed by Jonathan R. Hendricks and colleagues and migrated here in 2026.
This page was last modified on October 28, 2026 by Jonathan R. Hendricks.
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