Venatomya Iredale 1930 (softshell clam)

Bivalvia - Pholadida - Myidae

Alternative spelling: Cryptomya (Venatomya)

Parent taxon: Myidae according to H. E. Vokes 1980

See also Kosnik 2002 and Lamprell and Healy 1998

Sister taxa: Cryptomya, Cryptomyinae, Mya, Myinae, Paramya, Platyodon, Sphenia, Spheniinae, Tugonia

Subtaxa: Cryptomya (Venatomya) elliptica

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Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Japan (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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