Bivalvia - Cardiida - Sportellidae
Alternative spelling: Basterotella
Parent taxon: Basterotia according to E. J. Moore 1992
See also Sepkoski 2002 and Vokes 1981
Sister taxa: Basterotia (Basterotia), Basterotia carolina, Basterotia peninsularis, Basterotia prima, Eucharis grandaeva
Subtaxa: Basterotia (Basterotella) bowdeniana Basterotia (Basterotella) corbuloidea Basterotia (Basterotella) elliptica Basterotia (Basterotella) floridana Basterotia (Basterotella) miocenica
Type: Pleurodesma floridana
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of United States (5: Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina collections)
• Pliocene of Jamaica (1)
• Miocene of United States (8: Florida)
Total: 14 collections each including a single occurrence