Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Parent taxon: Chioninae according to H. E. Vokes 1980
See also Lamprell and Whitehead 1992 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Antigona, Artena, Callithaca, Chione, Chioneryx, Chionista, Chionopsis, Circomphalus, Clausinella, Dosina, Dosiniini, Globivenus, Humilaria, Iliochione, Irusella, Kuia, Leukoma, Marama, Melosia, Mercenaria, Paphonotia, Paraesa, Periglypta, Proxichione, Tapetini, Tawera, Turia, Venerini, Venus, Timoclea, Ameghinomya, Nioche, Lirophora, Austrovenus, Placamen, Hinemoana, Anomalocardia
Subtaxa: Bassina (Callanaitis) Bassina pachyphylla Bassina yatei
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Indonesia (2 collections), New Zealand (2)
• Miocene of Australia (1), India (2), New Zealand (3)
Total: 10 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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