Cosa Finlay 1926 (clam)
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Bivalvia - Arcida - Philobryidae
Parent taxon: Philobryidae according to H. E. Vokes 1980
See also Lamprell and Healy 1998, Sepkoski 2002 and Spencer et al. 2004
Sister taxa: Cratis, Eophilobryoidella, Micromytilus, Notomytilus, Philobrya, Limarca
Subtaxa: Cosa costata Cosa dispar Cosa laevicostata Cosa serratocostata
Type: Hochstetteria costata
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Point Flinders - Glen Aire Clay (Oligocene of Australia)
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