Grateloupia Des Moulins 1828 (venus clam)

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)

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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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