Quadrilatera Deshayes 1860 (clam)
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Parent taxon: Arcidae according to L. W. Ward and B.W. Blackwelder 1987
See also Beu et al. 1990 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Ambrogia, Anadarinae, Angulararca, Arcinae, Asperarca, Barbatia, Bathyarca, Bentharca, Coraliarca, Fugleria, Karasuarca, Kikaiarca, Litharcinae, Noetiinae, Palestinarca, Rostarca
Subtaxa: Quadrilatera januaria
Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Oligocene of New Zealand (2 collections)
• Eocene of New Zealand (4)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
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