Bivalvia - Myalinida - Inoceramidae
Alternative spelling: Inoceramus (Tethyoceramus)
Parent taxon: Inoceramidae according to I. Walaszczyk 2018
See also Stilwell and Gallagher 2009 and Walaszczyk et al. 2004
Sister taxa: Anopaeinae, Arcticeramus, Arctomytiloides, Birostrina, Cataceramus, Cladoceramus, Coloniceraminae, Cremnoceramus, Heroceramus, Inaequiceramus, Inoceraminae, Inoceramus, Inoceramya, Kymatoceramus, Lenella, Magadiceramus, Mytiloides, Neocomiceramus, Parainoceramya, Platyceramus, Pseudomytiloides, Retroceramus, Sachalinoceraminae, Sergipia, Silberlingia, Sphaeroceramus, Sphenoceramus, Spyridoceramus, Tenuipteria, Trochoceramus, Turkmenia, Volviceramus, Haenleinia, Coloniceramus
Subtaxa: Tethyoceramus basseae Tethyoceramus madagascariensis
Type: Inoceramus (Tethyoceramus) basseae
Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Antarctica (3 collections), Argentina (1), Australia (3), India (4), Madagascar (3)
Total: 14 collections including 16 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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