Cratis Hedley 1915 (clam)

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: Cosa, Eophilobryoidella, Micromytilus, Notomytilus, Philobrya, Limarca

Subtaxa: Cratis delicatula Cratis kanekoi Cratis ovata Cratis progressa Cratis retiaria

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Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Quaternary of French Polynesia (1 collection)

• Miocene of New Zealand (1)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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