Psathura Deshayes 1858 (venus clam)

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae

Parent taxon: Clementiinae according to J.-M. Pacaud and J. Le Renard 1995

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Clementia, Thetiopsis

Subtaxa: Psathura fragilis

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Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Units SL1-SL3, East Selsey, West Sussex (Eocene of the United Kingdom)

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