Cyclina (venus clam)
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Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Parent taxon: Cyclininae according to T. Matsubara et al. 2010
See also Nagao 1928 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Cyclinella, Cyprimeria, Luciploma
Subtaxa: Cyclina (Cyclinorbis) Cyclina compressa Cyclina lunulata Cyclina nodai
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of India (1 collection), Japan (2)
• Miocene of India (2), Japan (22)
• Oligocene of Japan (1)
• Eocene of Japan (8)
• Cretaceous of Egypt (1), United States (2: Tennessee)
Total: 39 collections including 45 occurrences
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