Tapes hilgardi Shumard 1860 (venus clam)

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae

Belongs to Tapes according to W. M. Gabb 1869

Sister taxa: Tapes (Myrsopsis), Tapes (Ruditapes), Tapes (Siratoria), Tapes (Tapes), Tapes (Taurotapes), Tapes (Textrix), Tapes aurea, Tapes corrugatus, Tapes cretacea, Tapes dorsatus, Tapes lineatum, Tapes literatus, Tapes perovalis, Tapes subundata, Tapes texturata, Tapes truncata, Tapes virginea

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Tapes hilgardi in the database

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