Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Parent taxon: Tapetinae according to H. E. Vokes 1980
See also Lamprell and Whitehead 1992, Sepkoski 2002 and Todd 2001
Sister taxa: Cyclorisma, Cyclorismina, Eumarcia, Flaventia, Gomphina, Granicorium, Katelysia, Legumen, Liocyma, Marcia, Mercimonia, Paphia, Retrotapes, Ruditapes, Sinonia, Tapes, Textivenus, Venerella, Veneritapes
Subtaxa: Irus (Notirus) Irus (Notopaphia) Irus carditoides Irus irus
Ecology: facultatively mobile boring suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Australia (3 collections), Ireland (1), Italy (1), Japan (1), Kenya (3), Morocco (1), Spain (1)
• Pliocene of the United Kingdom (1)
• Miocene of Austria (2), France (1), Germany (1), New Zealand (2), Panama (1), Poland (3), Ukraine (1)
Total: 23 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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