Bivalvia - Carditida - Astartidae
Synonym: Oxyloma Gardner and Campbell 2002 [replaced name]
Full reference: R. N. Gardner and H. J. Campbell. 2007. Oxyeurax and Hemipelex, new names for Oxyloma and Hemimenia Gardner & Campbell, 2002, pre-occupied (Mollusca: Bivalvia: Astartidae). New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics 50:365
Parent taxon: Astartidae according to A. Kaim et al. 2014
See also Gardner and Campbell 2002 and Gardner and Campbell 2007
Sister taxa: Alleinacin, Astartella, Astartellinae, Astartinae, Astartoides, Astartopsis, Balantioselena, Digitaria, Ensio, Eriphylinae, Flattopia, Goodallia, Lirotarte, Lyapinella, Middalya, Nargunella, Neocrassina, Opinae, Permartella, Pinzonellinae, Praeconia, Pressastarte, Radiastarte, Taxocardia, Terraiinae, Trigonopinae, Woodia
Subtaxa: Oxyeurax laticostata Oxyeurax trapezoidalis
Type: Oxyloma laticostata
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of France (1 collection)
• Cretaceous of United States (5: California)
• Jurassic of New Caledonia (1), New Zealand (5)
Total: 12 collections including 13 occurrences
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