Cyprimeria Conrad 1864 (venus clam)

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae

Alternative spelling: Meretrix (Cyprimeria)

Parent taxon: Cyclininae according to J.-M. Pacaud and J. Le Renard 1995

See also Lombard 1930, Popenoe 1937, Sepkoski 2002 and Vokes 1980

Sister taxa: Cyclina, Cyclinella, Luciploma

Subtaxa: Cyprimeria discus Cyprimeria moorei Cyprimeria subalata Meretrix (Cyprimeria) oldhamiana

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Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Pliocene of India (1 collection), Indonesia (1)

• Cretaceous of Algeria (1), Austria (2), Belgium (1), France (1), Germany (1), Hungary (1), India (1), Mexico (6), the Netherlands (1), Saudi Arabia (1), Serbia and Montenegro (1), Spain (1), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (2), United States (248: Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Delaware, Georgia, Kansas, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas)

Total: 270 collections including 319 occurrences

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