Gouldia (Gouldia) vetula Deshayes 1857 (venus clam)

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae

Alternative combinations: Circe vetula, Cytherea vetula

Full reference: G.P. Deshayes. 1857. Description des Animaux sans Vertébres découverts dans le Bassin des Paris 1(2):81-392

Belongs to Gouldia (Gouldia) according to J. Le Renard and J.-M. Pacaud 1995

See also Deshayes 1857

Sister taxon: Gouldia (Gouldia) minima

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Saint-Vast-les-Mello, Barisseuse (Eocene of France)

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