Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Parent taxon: Gouldia according to J.-M. Pacaud and J. Le Renard 1995
See also Marasti 1973
Sister taxa: Gouldia (Circenita), Gouldia (Gouldiopa), Gouldia (Paragouldia), Gouldia alta, Gouldia californica, Gouldia camachoi, Gouldia cerina, Gouldia circularis, Gouldia costaricensis, Gouldia insularis, Gouldia minuta, Gouldia subpusilla
Subtaxa: Gouldia (Gouldia) minima Gouldia (Gouldia) vetula
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Australia (3 collections), Italy (1), Spain (2), Turkey (2)
• Pliocene of Belgium (3), Greece (1), Italy (1), the United Kingdom (3)
• Miocene of Austria (4), Belgium (3), Cyprus (2), Germany (42), India (1), Italy (2), Morocco (4), the Netherlands (1), Poland (5)
• Eocene of France (1)
Total: 81 collections each including a single occurrence