†Grateloupia Des Moulins 1828 (venus clam)
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Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Alternative spelling: Gratelupia
Parent taxon: Meretricinae according to H. E. Vokes 1980
See also Anderson 1929 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Aeora, Cytherea, Cytheriopsis, Eomeretrix, Meretricini, Meretrissa, Meretrix, Resatrix, Tivela, Tivelina
Subtaxa: Grateloupia (Grateloupia)
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Miocene of France (1 collection)
• Eocene of Peru (2)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
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