Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Full reference: H. Woods. 1922. Section A. Mollusca from the Eocene and Miocene deposits of Peru. . Geology of the Tertiary and Quaternary Periods in the Northwest Part of Peru 51-113
Belongs to Meretrix according to H. Woods 1922
Sister taxa: 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 sylvaerupis, Meretrix tularana, Meretrix uniomeris, Meretrix yoakumi
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Meretrix bosworthi in the database
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