Bivalvia - Cardiida - Gastrochaenidae
Synonym: Fistulana Bruguiere 1789 [replaced name]
Parent taxon: Gastrochaenidae according to H. E. Vokes 1980
See also Clapham 2015, Cox et al. 1969, Lamprell and Healy 1998 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Cucurbitula, Eufistulaninae, Gastrochaena, Gastrochaeninae, Gastrochaenopsis, Kummelia, Lamychaena, Spengleriinae
Subtaxa: Fistulana aspergilloides Fistulana larva
Ecology: stationary boring suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Papua New Guinea (1 collection)
• Eocene of Ukraine (1), United States (1: Alabama)
• Cretaceous of Egypt (1), India (1), the Netherlands (1), United States (17: Alabama, Delaware, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, New Jersey, Texas)
Total: 23 collections including 26 occurrences
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