†Pseudastarte Cossmann 1921 (clam)
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Bivalvia - Carditida - Cardiniidae
Parent taxon: Cardiniidae according to H. E. Vokes 1980
See also Ros-Franch et al. 2014 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Arctocardinia, Cardinia, Cardiniomorpha, Cardiniopsis, Isopristes, Minepharus, Nidarica, Tellidorella, Torastarte
Subtaxa: Pseudastarte emarginata Pseudastarte exigua
Type: Pseudastarte emarginata
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Moshuiwan near Xiaping, Horizon A, Southeastern Hunan (Jurassic of China)
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