Bivalvia - Carditida - Astartidae
Alternative spelling: Astarte (Opis)
Parent taxon: Opinae according to H. E. Vokes 1980
See also Bouchet et al. 2010, Marwick 1953, Ros-Franch et al. 2014, Sepkoski 2002 and Stanton 1895
Sister taxa: Coelopis, Heteropis, Opisoma, Prosocoelus, Seebachia, Trigonastarte, Trigonopis
Subtaxa: Opis (Coelopis) Opis (Hesperopis) Opis (Pachyopis) Opis (Protopis) Opis (Trigonopis) Opis affinis Opis barnensis Opis bifrons Opis bigoti Opis californica Opis cardissoides Opis cloacina Opis corallina Opis gortanii Opis hoeninghausii Opis ladina Opis laubei Opis neocomiensis Opis shastalis Opis virginalis
Type: Trigonia cardissoides
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Paleocene of United States (2: California collections)
• Cretaceous of Bolivia (1), Canada (4: Alberta, British Columbia), Egypt (1), France (7), Japan (6), Libya (1), Madagascar (1), Mexico (4), Peru (1), Poland (5), the Russian Federation (1), Serbia and Montenegro (2), Switzerland (2), the United Kingdom (2), United States (42: Arizona, California, Oregon, Oregon , Texas), Yemen (1)
• Jurassic of Chile (1), China (2), France (20), Germany (4), Hungary (1), India (3), Iran (1), Japan (5), Poland (1), Somalia (4), Tanzania (1), Thailand (1), the United Kingdom (15), United States (1: Wyoming )
• Triassic of Austria (1), Bosnia and Herzegovina (1), Hungary (1), Iran (3), Italy (8), Singapore (1)
Total: 158 collections including 177 occurrences
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