†subfamily Zenatiinae Dall 1895 (clam)

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Mactridae

Parent taxon: Mactridae according to H. E. Vokes 1980

See also Beu et al. 1990 and Bouchet et al. 2010

Sister taxa: Darcinia, Darininae, Hemimactra, Leptomactra, Longimactra, Lutrariinae, Mactrinae, Mactropsis, Mactrotoma, Mulinia, Mulinoides, Pteroluter, Pteropsis, Rangia, Scissodesma, Simomactra, Spisula, Tanysiphoninae, Willimactra, Gnathodon

Subtaxa: Resania Zenatia Zenatina

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Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Pliocene of Australia (3 collections), New Zealand (3)

• Miocene of Australia (8), New Zealand (9)

• Oligocene of New Zealand (3)

• Cretaceous of New Zealand (2)

Total: 28 collections each including a single occurrence

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