Bivalvia - Cardiida - Sportellidae
Alternative spelling: Anisodonta (Basterotia)
Invalid subtaxa: Eucharis Récluz 1850 [replaced name], Harlea Gray 1842 [replaced name]
Parent taxon: Sportellidae according to E. J. Moore 1992
See also Bouchet et al. 2010, Rosenberg 2005, Sepkoski 2002 and Vokes 1981
Sister taxa: Angusticardo, Anisodonta, Cerullia, Ensitellops, Fabella, Fulcrella, Grundensia, Hindsiella, Isoconcha, Sportella, Vokesella
Subtaxa: Basterotia (Basterotella) Basterotia (Basterotia) Basterotia carolina Basterotia peninsularis Basterotia prima Eucharis grandaeva
Type: Basterotia corbuloides
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Ecuador (1 collection), United States (9: Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina)
• Pliocene of Jamaica (1), United States (1: North Carolina), Venezuela (1)
• Miocene of France (1), United States (10: Florida)
• Paleocene of United States (4: Alabama)
• Permian of Pakistan (1)
Total: 29 collections including 36 occurrences
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