Beguina Röding 1798 (clam)
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Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae
Parent taxon: Carditinae according to H. E. Vokes 1980
See also Lamprell and Whitehead 1992
Sister taxa: Cardites, Maghrebella, Strophocardia
Subtaxa: Beguina (Jesonia) Beguina (Mytilicardita) Beguina semiorbiculata
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Miocene of Romania (1 collection)
• Eocene of Australia (1)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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