Calva Popenoe 1937 (venus clam)

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae

Full reference: W. P. Popenoe. 1937. Upper Cretaceous Mollusca from Southern California. Journal of Paleontology 11(5):379-402

Parent taxon: Veneridae according to L. R. Saul and W. P. Popenoe 1992

See also Popenoe 1937, Popenoe 1940, Sepkoski 2002 and Vokes 1980

Sister taxa: Anofia, Austrocardilanx, Callistinae, Callocardiinae, Chamelea, Chionidae, Clementina, Cockburnia, Cythereinae, Eurhomalea, Ezocallista, Fossacallista, Frigichione, Gemma, Gouldiinae, Macrocallista, Meretricinae, Oedalia, Paleomarcia, Paphiinae, Pitaria, Polititapes, Pullastra, Securella, Sinodia, Sunettinae, Transennella, Venerinae, Venerupis, Venidia, Xenoloupia, Cooperella

Subtaxa: Calva (Calva) Calva (Egelicalva) Calva (Microcalva) Calva (Penecallista)

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Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Canada (1: British Columbia collection), Mexico (5), Mozambique (1), the Russian Federation (1), the United Kingdom (1), United States (191: Alaska, California, Oregon, Washington)

Total: 200 collections including 213 occurrences

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