†Balantioselena Speden 1962 (clam)
Bivalvia - Carditida - Astartidae
PaleoDB taxon number: 17390
Full reference: I. G. Speden. 1962. The faunas of the Corbies Creek localities and description of two new species, in Triassic fossils from Corbies Creek, north Otago. New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics 5:95-111
Parent taxon: Astartidae according to I. G. Speden 1962
Sister taxa: Alleinacin, Astartellinae, Astartinae, Astartoides, Astartopsis, Digitaria, Ensio, Eriphylinae, Goodallia, Lirotarte, Lyapinella, Middalya, Nargunella, Opinae, Oxyeurax, Permartella, Pinzonellinae, Praeconia, Pressastarte, Radiastarte, Taxocardia, Terraiinae, Trigonopinae, Woodia
Subtaxa: Balantioselena gairi
Type: Balantioselena gairi
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder