Xenoloupia carmenensis Clark and Durham 1946 (venus clam)

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae

Full reference: B. L. Clark and J. W. Durham. 1946. Eocene Faunas from the Department of Bolivar, Colombia. Geological Society of America Memoir 16:1-126

Belongs to Xenoloupia according to B. L. Clark and J. W. Durham 1946

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: CAS 7919, a partial shell. Its type locality is C.A.S. locality 31694, Colombia, which is in the Bartonian of sandstone Colombia.

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at C.A.S. locality 31694, Colombia

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