Bornia (clam)

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Kelliidae

Parent taxon: Kelliidae according to R. Marquet 2005

See also Bouchet et al. 2010, Della Bella and Tabanelli 2007, Dockery 1982, Glenn 1904, Moore 1992, Sepkoski 2002 and Ward and Blackwelder 1987

Sister taxa: Cicatella, Cicatellia, Lasaeokellya, Marikellia, Micropolia, Nesobornia, Pseudolepton, Rhectomyax

Subtaxa: Bornia (Bornia) Bornia (Temblornia) Bornia confusa Bornia cooki Bornia depressa Bornia isosceles Bornia mactroides Bornia marylandica Bornia perdita Bornia plectopygia Bornia scintillata Bornia tallahalaensis Bornia triangula Bornia virginiana

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Ecology: stationary infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Quaternary of United States (15: California, Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia collections)

• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Ecuador (1)

• Pliocene of Belgium (2), Italy (1), the United Kingdom (3), United States (4: North Carolina), Venezuela (2)

• Miocene of Australia (3), Ecuador (1), France (1), Poland (2), United States (5: Florida)

• Oligocene to Miocene of United States (1: Florida)

• Oligocene of United States (3: Mississippi)

• Eocene of United States (9: Alabama, Georgia, Texas)

• Paleocene of Australia (1), United States (5: Alabama, Texas)

Total: 59 collections including 65 occurrences

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