Flaventia Jukes-Browne 1908 (venus clam)

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae

Alternative spelling: Meretrix (Flaventia)

Parent taxon: Tapetinae according to H. E. Vokes 1980

See also Douvillé 1916 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Cyclorisma, Cyclorismina, Eumarcia, Gomphina, Granicorium, Irus, Katelysia, Legumen, Liocyma, Marcia, Mercimonia, Paphia, Retrotapes, Ruditapes, Sinonia, Tapes, Textivenus, Venerella, Veneritapes

Subtaxa: Flaventia kukpowrukensis Meretrix (Flaventia) brongniarti Meretrix (Flaventia) deserti Meretrix (Flaventia) orientalis

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Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Egypt (6 collections), Italy (1), Libya (4), the Russian Federation (1), Spain (1), the United Kingdom (1), United States (24: Alaska, California, Kansas, New Mexico, Texas)

Total: 38 collections including 44 occurrences

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