Cytheriopsis Conrad 1865 (venus clam)

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae

Alternative spelling: Grateloupia (Cytheriopsis)

Parent taxon: Meretricinae according to W. P. Woodring 1982

See also Clark and Durham 1946, Harris 1919, Sepkoski 2002 and Vokes 1980

Sister taxa: Aeora, Cytherea, Eomeretrix, Grateloupia, Meretricini, Meretrissa, Meretrix, Resatrix, Tivela, Tivelina

Subtaxa: Cytheriopsis conradi Cytheriopsis hydana

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Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Miocene of United States (1: Florida collection)

• Eocene of Colombia (1), Panama (1), United States (4: Alabama)

Total: 7 collections including 8 occurrences

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