Bivalvia - Carditida - Astartidae
Full reference: I. G. Speden. 1962. The faunas of the Corbies Creek localities and description of two new species, in Triassic fossils from Corbies Creek, north Otago. New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics 5:95-111
Parent taxon: Astartidae according to I. G. Speden 1962
See also Ros-Franch et al. 2014 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Alleinacin, Astartella, Astartellinae, Astartinae, Astartoides, Astartopsis, Digitaria, Ensio, Eriphylinae, Flattopia, Goodallia, Hemipelex, Lirotarte, Lyapinella, Middalya, Nargunella, Neocrassina, Opinae, Oxyeurax, Permartella, Pinzonellinae, Praeconia, Radiastarte, Taxocardia, Terraiinae, Trigonopinae, Woodia
Subtaxa: Balantioselena gairi
Type: Balantioselena gairi
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Triassic of New Zealand (8 collections)
Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence
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