Marcia Adams and A. 1857 (venus clam)

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae

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

See also Durham 1944, Lamprell and Whitehead 1992, Sepkoski 2002 and Squires 1984

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

Subtaxa: Marcia (Gomphomarcia) Marcia (Hemitapes) Marcia (Similivenus)

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Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Australia (3 collections), Iran (1), United States (1: California)

• Pliocene of Indonesia (7), Pakistan (4)

• Miocene of Fiji (1), South Africa (1)

• Oligocene of United States (1: Washington)

• Eocene of France (1), United States (4: California, Washington)

Total: 24 collections including 27 occurrences

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