Zenatia Gray 1853 (clam)

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Mactridae

Parent taxon: Zenatiinae according to P. Bouchet et al. 2010

See also Beu et al. 1990 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Resania, Zenatina

Subtaxa: Zenatia (Zenatiopsis) Zenatia (Zenatraria)

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Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Pliocene of Australia (3 collections), New Zealand (3)

• Miocene of Australia (8), New Zealand (8)

• Oligocene of New Zealand (3)

• Cretaceous of New Zealand (2)

Total: 27 collections each including a single occurrence

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