Parastarte Conrad 1862 (venus clam)
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Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Parent taxon: Gemminae according to W. P. Woodring 1982
See also Sepkoski 2002 and Todd 2001
Sister taxa: Plesiastarte, Rohini
Subtaxa: Parastarte antillensis Parastarte psila Parastarte triquetra
Type: Estarte triquetra
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of United States (13: Florida, Mississippi collections)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of United States (1: Florida)
• Pliocene of Jamaica (1), United States (2: Florida)
• Miocene of Iraq (1), Panama (3), United States (1: Florida)
• Eocene of Panama (2)
Total: 24 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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