Venus turgescens Deshayes 1857 (venus clam)

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae

Full reference: G.P. Deshayes. 1857. Description des Animaux sans Vertébres découverts dans le Bassin des Paris 1(2):81-392

Belongs to Venus according to G.P. Deshayes 1857

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 lenticularis, Venus martini, Venus mekranica, Venus mitsuiana, Venus nux, Venus petricosa, Venus pseudoscalaris, Venus quadrata, Venus retisculpta, Venus sulcata, Venus tetrahedra, Venus vespertina, Venus victoriana, Venus virginiana

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

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

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