| Eurytellina Temporal range: | |
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| Eurytellina lineata | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Order: | Cardiida |
| Family: | Tellinidae |
| Genus: | Eurytellina P. Fischer, 1887 |
| Type species | |
| Tellina punicea Born, 1778 | |
| Synonyms [1] | |
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Eurytellina is a genus of marine bivalve molluscs of the family Tellinidae. [1] Members of the genus are primarily found in Pacific and Caribbean waters of central America.
Members of Eurytellina have an elongated shell, a more developed left tooth, proximal anterior and cardinal teeth found on the hinge, a developed pallial sinus, and the absence of a posterior flexure. [2] [3]
The genus was first described in 1877 by Paul Henri Fischer. [4]
Eurytellina is most commonly found in the waters of central America. [3] [5] The earliest known fossils of the genus date to the Paleocene, and have been found in California in the United States. [6]
Species within the genus Eurytellina include: [1]
