Cardilona (clam)

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiliidae

Parent taxon: Cardiliidae according to L. R. Cox et al. 1969

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Cardilia, Hemicyclonosta

Subtaxa: Cardilona bensoni

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Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at south side of Bridge Point, south of Kakanui, South Otago (Eocene of New Zealand)

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