Borniola Iredale 1924 (clam)

Bivalvia - Venerida - Erycinidae

Parent taxon: Erycinidae according to A. G. Beu et al. 1990

See also Lamprell and Healy 1998, Sepkoski 2002 and Vokes 1980

Sister taxa: Amerycina, Arthritica, Erycina, Goodalliopsis, Litigiella, Lucinaxinus, Melliteryx, Myllita, Myllitella, Parvikellia, Pythina, Semeloidea, Semierycina

Subtaxa: Borniola kaawaensis

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Ecology: stationary infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Pakaurangi Point, Kaipara Harbour (Miocene of New Zealand)

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