Praeconia Stoliczka 1871 (clam)

Bivalvia - Carditida - Astartidae

Parent taxon: Astartidae according to S. Ros-Franch et al. 2014

See also Hayami 1975 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Alleinacin, Astartella, Astartellinae, Astartinae, Astartoides, Astartopsis, Balantioselena, Digitaria, Ensio, Eriphylinae, Flattopia, Goodallia, Lirotarte, Lyapinella, Middalya, Nargunella, Neocrassina, Opinae, Oxyeurax, Permartella, Pinzonellinae, Pressastarte, Radiastarte, Taxocardia, Terraiinae, Trigonopinae, Woodia

Subtaxa: Praeconia matura Praeconia rhomboidalis Praeconia seguini Praeconia terminalis

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Type: Astarte terminalis

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Jurassic of China (1 collection), France (5), Germany (5), Hungary (2), India (4), Italy (5), Japan (1), Romania (1), Spain (2), Tanzania (1), the United Kingdom (3)

• Triassic of Iran (5)

Total: 35 collections including 40 occurrences

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