Venericardia (Venericor) venturensis Waring 1917 (clam)

Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae

Full reference: C. A. Waring. 1917. Stratigraphic and faunal relations of the Martinez to the Chico and Tejon of Southern California. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 7(4):41-124

Belongs to Venericardia (Venericor) according to A. J. W. Hendy 2020

Sister taxa: Venericardia (Venericor) agustoscrobis, Venericardia (Venericor) apodensata, Venericardia (Venericor) aposmithii, Venericardia (Venericor) ascia, Venericardia (Venericor) bashiplata, Venericardia (Venericor) cacamai, Venericardia (Venericor) claiboplata, Venericardia (Venericor) clavidens, Venericardia (Venericor) claviger, Venericardia (Venericor) cookei, Venericardia (Venericor) densata, Venericardia (Venericor) diga, Venericardia (Venericor) francescae, Venericardia (Venericor) hatcheplata, Venericardia (Venericor) horatiana, Venericardia (Venericor) jewelli, Venericardia (Venericor) kilmacodes, Venericardia (Venericor) labreansis, Venericardia (Venericor) mediaplata, Venericardia (Venericor) mingoensis, Venericardia (Venericor) nanaplata, Venericardia (Venericor) negritensis, Venericardia (Venericor) nigeriana, Venericardia (Venericor) nipponica, Venericardia (Venericor) pacifica, Venericardia (Venericor) parinensis, Venericardia (Venericor) peruviana, Venericardia (Venericor) pilsbryi, Venericardia (Venericor) potapacoensis, Venericardia (Venericor) regia, Venericardia (Venericor) restinensis, Venericardia (Venericor) samanensis, Venericardia (Venericor) simiana, Venericardia (Venericor) smithii, Venericardia (Venericor) stewarti, Venericardia (Venericor) subnipponica, Venericardia (Venericor) tonosiensis, Venericardia (Venericor) vallecitosensis, Venericardia (Venericor) zapatai, Venericor brongniartii, Venericor planicosta

Type specimen: LSJU 2697, a shell

Ecology: facultatively mobile shallow infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Marine Bivalvia of Tkapravayamskaya Suite in northwestern Kamchatka (Eocene of Russian Federation)

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