Ventricolaria blandiana Guppy 1873 (venus clam)

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae

Alternative combinations: Antigona (Ventricola) blandiana, Antigona blandiana, Venus blandiana

Belongs to Ventricolaria according to W. P. Woodring 1982

See also Anderson 1929 and Olsson 1922

Sister taxa: Globivenus callimorpha, Globivenus effosa, Globivenus fordii, Globivenus isocardia, Globivenus magdalenae, Globivenus rigida, Globivenus rugatina, Ventricolaria harrisiana

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Pliocene of Costa Rica (2 collections), the Dominican Republic (5), Jamaica (6)

• Miocene to Pliocene of the Dominican Republic (6)

• Miocene of Colombia (3), the Dominican Republic (1), Haiti (1), United States (2: Florida)

Total: 26 collections each including a single occurrence

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