Sunetta Link 1807 (venus clam)

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

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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

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