†family Burmesiidae Healey 1908 (clam)

Bivalvia - Thraciida - Burmesiidae

Parent taxon: Thracioidea according to J. G. Carter et al. 2011

See also Bouchet et al. 2010, Nevesskaja 2009, Newell 1965, Ros-Franch et al. 2014 and Vokes 1980

Sister taxa: Cleidothaeridae, Myochamidae, Periplomatidae, Thraciidae

Subtaxa: Burmesia Prolaria Pseudoburmesia

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Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Jurassic of China (1 collection), Japan (1)

• Triassic of China (4), Indonesia (5), Iran (1), Jordan (1), Laos (1), Myanmar (1)

Total: 15 collections each including a single occurrence

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