Goossensia (clam)

Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae

Parent taxon: Carditamerinae according to L. R. Cox et al. 1969

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Cossmannella, Cretocardia, Fenestricardita, Izumicardia, Tutcheria

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Bois-des-Roches, Vigny (MNHN collection) (Paleocene of France)

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