Meretrix sylvaerupis Harris 1919 (venus clam)

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae

Full reference: G. D. Harris. 1919. Pelecypoda of the St. Maurice and Claiborne stages. Bulletins of American Paleontology 6(31):1-208

Belongs to Meretrix according to G. D. Harris 1919

Sister taxa: Meretrix bosworthi, Meretrix cornelli, Meretrix dalli, Meretrix decisa, Meretrix desvauxi, Meretrix gabbi, Meretrix hikoshimensis, Meretrix indica, Meretrix landesi, Meretrix longa, Meretrix macbeani, Meretrix marshana, Meretrix mortoni, Meretrix negritosensis, Meretrix neusensis, Meretrix nuttalliopsis, Meretrix persica, Meretrix pittsburgensis, Meretrix profunda, Meretrix pseudomeretrix, Meretrix shantii, Meretrix stantoni, Meretrix subimpressa, Meretrix tularana, Meretrix uniomeris, Meretrix yoakumi

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Meretrix sylvaerupis in the database

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