Estheriina Jones 1897 (clam shrimp)

Branchiopoda - Diplostraca - Limnadiidae

Parent taxon: Estheriininae according to C. C. Lana and I. S. Carvalho 2002

See also Pinto 1956 and Tasch 1969

Sister taxa: Bilimnadia, Leptolimnadia, Limnestheria, Notocrypta, Pseudolimnadia, Trigonlimnadia

Subtaxa: Estheriina brasiliensis Estheriina extuberata

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Type: Estheriina brasiliensis

Ecology: slow-moving nektobenthic suspension feeder-detritivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Brazil (1 collection)

• Triassic of Brazil (1), the Russian Federation (2), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (2)

• Permian of Germany (1), the Russian Federation (1)

Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence

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