Sunetta Link 1807 (venus clam)
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Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Parent taxon: Sunettinae according to H. E. Vokes 1980
See also Bouchet et al. 2010, Lamprell and Whitehead 1992 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Meroena, Nagaoella, Meroe
Subtaxa: Sunetta (Cyclosunetta) Sunetta (Sunettina) Sunetta perexcavata
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Djibouti (1 collection), Japan (2), Mozambique (1), South Africa (3)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Taiwan (1)
• Pliocene of India (1), Pakistan (1)
• Miocene of India (1), Indonesia (1)
• Oligocene of India (1)
Total: 13 collections including 14 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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