Bivalvia - Carditida - Astartidae
Alternative spelling: Hemiplex
Synonym: Hemimenia 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 R. N. Gardner and H. J. Campbell 2007
See also Foote et al. 2024 and Gardner and Campbell 2002
Sister taxa: Alleinacin, Astartella, Astartellinae, Astartinae, Astartoides, Astartopsis, Balantioselena, Digitaria, Ensio, Eriphylinae, Flattopia, Goodallia, Lirotarte, Lyapinella, Middalya, Nargunella, Neocrassina, Opinae, Oxyeurax, Permartella, Pinzonellinae, Praeconia, Pressastarte, Radiastarte, Taxocardia, Terraiinae, Trigonopinae, Woodia
Subtaxa: Hemipelex latifalcata
Type: Hemimenia latifalcata
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Jurassic of Germany (1 collection), New Zealand (2)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
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