Subfamily Dosiniini Deshayes 1858 (venus clam)

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae

Alternative spelling: Dosiniinae

Synonym: Arteminae Hutton 1880

Parent taxon: Venerinae according to J. G. Carter et al. 2011

See also Beu 2006, Beu et al. 1990, Bieler and Mikkelsen 2006, Bouchet et al. 2010, Freneix et al. 1988, Gardner 1943, Gardner 1947, Glenn 1904, Vokes 1980 and Ward 1992

Sister taxa: Antigona, Artena, Callithaca, Chione, Chioneryx, Chionista, Chionopsis, Circomphalus, Clausinella, Dosina, Globivenus, Humilaria, Iliochione, Irusella, Kuia, Leukoma, Marama, Melosia, Mercenaria, Paphonotia, Paraesa, Periglypta, Proxichione, Tapetini, Tawera, Turia, Venerini, Venus, Timoclea, Nioche, Placamen, Lirophora, Austrovenus, Ameghinomya, Hinemoana, Bassina, Anomalocardia

Subtaxa: Dosinia

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Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Angola (1 collection), Australia (6), Belgium (2), Colombia (2), Costa Rica (1), Djibouti (4), Ecuador (2), Egypt (4), France (2), Haiti (1), Ireland (1), Italy (1), Japan (14), Kenya (3), Mexico (8), Mozambique (1), Namibia (8), New Zealand (1), Pakistan (2), Panama (1), Peru (2), the Philippines (1), Saudi Arabia (2), the Seychelles (2), South Africa (10), Spain (3), Taiwan (4), Thailand (1), United States (67: California, Florida, Louisiana, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia), Venezuela (2), Yemen (3)

• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Chile (1), Ecuador (1), Malaysia (5), Mexico (1), United States (4: California, Florida)

• Pliocene of Australia (1), Belgium (7), Chile (3), Colombia (3), Costa Rica (10), Cyprus (1), Ecuador (3), Greece (3), Holy See (Vatican City State) (1), Indonesia (8), Italy (3), Japan (11), Mexico (4), the Netherlands (1), New Zealand (9), Pakistan (5), Panama (3), Papua New Guinea (1), Peru (4), the Philippines (1), the Russian Federation (1), South Africa (2), Trinidad and Tobago (6), the United Kingdom (6), United States (32: California, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia), Venezuela (9)

• Miocene to Pliocene of Chile (1), Indonesia (1)

• Miocene of Algeria (5), Argentina (22), Australia (3), Belgium (4), Brazil (7), Chile (5), Colombia (14), the Dominican Republic (1), Ecuador (5), Fiji (1), France (2), Germany (2), Greece (2), Haiti (1), Hungary (1), India (4), Indonesia (19), Iran (1), Italy (5), Japan (48), Libya (1), Malta (1), Mexico (2), Moldova (7), Morocco (2), New Zealand (10), Pakistan (5), Panama (42), Peru (8), the Philippines (1), the Russian Federation (8), Saudi Arabia (1), Somalia (1), Spain (1), Trinidad and Tobago (9), Ukraine (1), United States (125: California, Delaware, Florida, Maryland, New Jersey, North Carolina, Oregon, South Carolina, Virginia), Venezuela (9)

• Oligocene to Miocene of Argentina (1), United States (4: California, Florida)

• Oligocene of Argentina (2), Japan (27), New Zealand (12), Panama (1), Peru (2), United States (35: California, Washington)

• Eocene to Oligocene of Peru (1)

• Eocene of Australia (8), Brazil (1), Colombia (1), India (1), New Zealand (18), Peru (4)

• Paleocene of New Zealand (9), United States (1: Alabama)

• Cretaceous of Egypt (4), Jordan (1), Libya (2), the Netherlands (1), United States (1: New Jersey)

Total: 837 collections including 951 occurrences

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