Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Alternative spellings: Cytherea (Antigona), Venus (Antigona)
Parent taxon: Venerinae according to H. E. Vokes 1980
See also Barrios 1960, Clark and Arnold 1923, Glenn 1904, Lamprell and Whitehead 1992, Mukerjee 1939, Olsson 1931, Rivera 1957 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Artena, Callithaca, Chione, Chioneryx, Chionista, Chionopsis, Circomphalus, Clausinella, Dosina, Dosiniini, Globivenus, Humilaria, Iliochione, Irusella, Kuia, Leukoma, Marama, Melosia, Mercenaria, Paphonotia, Paraesa, Periglypta, Proxichione, Tapetini, Tawera, Turia, Venerini, Venus, Bassina, Hinemoana, Lirophora, Timoclea, Placamen, Ameghinomya, Austrovenus, Anomalocardia, Nioche
Subtaxa: Antigona (Antigona) Antigona (Periglypta) Antigona (Ventricola) Antigona aglaurae Antigona carrizoensis Antigona granosa Antigona kelloggi Antigona lamellacea Antigona vaquerosensis Antigona willisi
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Australia (1 collection), Djibouti (1), Egypt (1), Japan (1), Morocco (2), Taiwan (1), United States (1: Florida), Yemen (3)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Malaysia (2)
• Pliocene of Australia (1), Cyprus (1), the Dominican Republic (1), Greece (3), Holy See (Vatican City State) (1), Iran (1)
• Miocene to Pliocene of Australia (1)
• Miocene of Australia (3), Brazil (3), Cyprus (2), Greece (3), India (2), Indonesia (4), Iran (2), Israel (3), Japan (1), Somalia (3), South Africa (1), Spain (2), United States (2: North Carolina, South Carolina), Vanuatu (1)
• Oligocene of Pakistan (3), Somalia (1), United States (9: California, North Carolina)
• Eocene of United States (23: California)
Total: 90 collections including 93 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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