Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Parent taxon: Venerinae according to I. R. da Silva Forti 1969
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Antigona, Artena, Callithaca, Chione, Chioneryx, Chionista, Chionopsis, Circomphalus, Dosina, Dosiniini, Globivenus, Humilaria, Iliochione, Irusella, Kuia, Leukoma, Marama, Melosia, Mercenaria, Paphonotia, Paraesa, Periglypta, Proxichione, Tapetini, Tawera, Turia, Venerini, Venus, Timoclea, Ameghinomya, Bassina, Nioche, Lirophora, Austrovenus, Placamen, Hinemoana, Anomalocardia
Subtaxa: Clausinella fasciata Clausinella gayi Clausinella persica
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Argentina (3 collections), Brazil (5), Ireland (1), Italy (1), Morocco (1), Spain (1), the United Kingdom (2), Yemen (1)
• Pliocene of Australia (1), Belgium (4), India (1), Italy (1), the United Kingdom (3)
• Miocene of Belgium (1), Bulgaria (5), Cyprus (1), France (1), Germany (1), Iran (1), Italy (5), Morocco (1), Slovakia (1)
• Eocene of Indonesia (1)
Total: 43 collections including 48 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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