Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Parent taxon: Petricolidae according to S. Schneider et al. 2005
See also Bouchet et al. 2010, Glenn 1904, Lamprell and Whitehead 1992, Sepkoski 2002, Vokes 1976, Vokes 1976, Vokes 1980, Ward and Blackwelder 1987 and Woodring 1982
Sister taxa: Choristodon, Lajonkairia, Mysia, Pleiorytis, Rupellaria, Velargilla
Subtaxa: Petricola (Claudiconcha) Petricola (Petricola) Petricola (Petricolaria) Petricola (Petricolirus) Petricola (Petricoxenica) Petricola (Pseudoirus) Petricola calvertensis Petricola claibornensis Petricola dactylus Petricola harrisii Petricola hertzana Petricola lapicida Petricola millestriata Petricola olssoni Petricola pectorosa Petricola rugosa
Type: Venus lapicida
Ecology: stationary boring suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Chile (2 collections), Cuba (1), Djibouti (1), Greece (1), Japan (2), Mexico (8), Morocco (1), Peru (3), South Africa (2), Turkey (1), United States (65: California, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia), Venezuela (1)
• Pliocene of South Africa (1), United States (6: California, Florida, North Carolina), Venezuela (3)
• Miocene of the Dominican Republic (1), France (1), Poland (1), United States (9: California, Florida, Maryland)
• Neogene of Chile (1)
• Eocene of United States (2: Alabama, South Carolina)
• Paleocene of United States (1: New Jersey)
• Cretaceous of Switzerland (1)
Total: 115 collections including 134 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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