Bivalvia - Carditida - Astartidae
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: Astartinae according to R. N. Gardner and H. J. Campbell 2002
See also Gardner and Campbell 2007
Sister taxa: Astarte, Astartopis, Coelastarte, Gonilia, Megapraeconia, Nicaniella, Notoastarte, Parisiella, Prorokia, Seendia, Sita, Yabea
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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