Timoclea marica Linnaeus 1758 (venus clam)

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae

Belongs to Timoclea according to J. A. Crame 1986

Sister taxa: Chione (Timoclea) picta, Timoclea (Glycydonta), Timoclea (Timoclea), Timoclea (Veremolpa), Timoclea costellifera, Timoclea grus, Timoclea imbricata, Timoclea ovata

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Kenya (5 collections), the Seychelles (2)

Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence

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