« …One approximate anterior lateral tooth, 5) pallial sinus deep, not touching the anterior adductor scar, with upper border roundly angled below beak… » – Robba & al.: “Holocene and recent shallow soft-bottom mollusks from the northern Gulf of Thailand area: Bivalvia”, Bollettino malacologico vol. 38(5), Milano 2002, p.95.
A specimen from the gulf of Iskenderun: 15m deep, on muddy sand, Burnaz plajı, Erzin, Hatay, SE. Turkey. 14mm.
« I have named this shell in honour of W. Walton, Esq., whose rich collection has proved of great service to me in my investigation of the very numerous species of this beautiful genus. » – S. Hanley: “Descriptions of new species of the genus Tellina chiefly collected by H. Cuming Esq. in the Philippine Islands and Central America”, Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London vol. 12, London 1844, p.143.