Venus lenticularis Gabb 1864 (venus clam)

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae

Full reference: W. M. Gabb. 1864. Description of the Cretaceous fossils. Geological Survey of California Palaeontology 1:57-217

Belongs to Venus according to R. B. Stewart 1930

See also Dartevelle and Freneix 1957, Gabb 1864, Malchus et al. 1994 and Saul 1992

Sister taxa: Venus (Mioclausinella), Venus (Ventricoloidea), Venus (Venus), Venus anceps, Venus arcotensis, Venus arroyoensis, Venus biplicata, Venus brioniana, Venus chilensis, Venus cleryana, Venus collinium, Venus conformis, Venus corella, Venus crenatula, Venus cythereaeformis, Venus deleta, Venus delicatula, Venus depressa, Venus ebergenyii, Venus eximia, Venus fallaciosa, Venus foveolata, Venus geslini, Venus inopinata, Venus insula, Venus kennerlyi, Venus martini, Venus mekranica, Venus mitsuiana, Venus nux, Venus petricosa, Venus pseudoscalaris, Venus quadrata, Venus retisculpta, Venus sulcata, Venus tetrahedra, Venus turgescens, Venus vespertina, Venus victoriana, Venus virginiana

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Venus lenticularis in the database

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