Venus Linnaeus 1758 (venus clam)

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae

Full reference: C. Linnaeus. 1758. Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Editio Decima 1:1-824

Parent taxon: Venerinae according to H. E. Vokes 1980

See also Bouchet et al. 2010, Camacho 1957, Clark and Arnold 1923, Freneix et al. 1988, Gardner 1943, Gazdzicki and Pugaczewska 1984, Glenn 1904, Marasti 1973, Pugaczewska 1984, Sepkoski 2002 and Wienrich 1999

Sister taxa: Antigona, Artena, Callithaca, Chione, Chioneryx, Chionista, Chionopsis, Circomphalus, Clausinella, Dosina, Dosiniini, Globivenus, Humilaria, Iliochione, Irusella, Kuia, Leukoma, Marama, Melosia, Mercenaria, Paphonotia, Paraesa, Periglypta, Proxichione, Tapetini, Tawera, Turia, Venerini, Ameghinomya, Timoclea, Hinemoana, Placamen, Nioche, Austrovenus, Lirophora, Bassina, Anomalocardia

Subtaxa: Venus (Mioclausinella) Venus (Ventricoloidea) Venus (Venus) Venus anceps Venus arcotensis Venus arroyoensis Venus biplicata Venus brioniana Venus chilensis Venus cleryana Venus collinium Venus conformis Venus corella Venus crenatula Venus cythereaeformis Venus deleta Venus delicatula Venus depressa Venus ebergenyii Venus eximia Venus fallaciosa Venus foveolata Venus geslini Venus inopinata Venus insula Venus kennerlyi Venus lenticularis Venus martini Venus mekranica Venus mitsuiana Venus nux Venus petricosa Venus pseudoscalaris Venus quadrata Venus retisculpta Venus sulcata Venus tetrahedra Venus turgescens Venus vespertina Venus victoriana Venus virginiana

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Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Angola (1 collection), Cape Verde (1), Djibouti (2), France (1), India (1), Italy (6), Japan (2), Morocco (3), South Africa (8), Spain (7), Taiwan (4), the United Kingdom (5), United States (5: California, Florida)

• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Chile (2)

• Pliocene of Belgium (3), Egypt (1), Greece (1), Italy (1), Japan (2), Pakistan (1), Papua New Guinea (1), South Africa (2), Spain (2)

• Miocene of Algeria (11), Argentina (2), Austria (6), Belgium (3), Brazil (1), Bulgaria (6), Chile (2), Cyprus (4), France (1), Germany (51), Hungary (1), Iran (2), Israel (1), Italy (10), Japan (1), Morocco (6), the Netherlands (2), Pakistan (2), Poland (11), Romania (3), Slovakia (2), Somalia (2), United States (4: Florida, New Jersey), Vanuatu (1)

• Oligocene to Miocene of Christmas Island (1), United States (5: Florida)

• Oligocene of Argentina (1), Bulgaria (1), Canada (1: British Columbia), Hungary (1), India (1), Pakistan (1), United States (1: Florida)

• Eocene of Italy (1), Japan (1), Spain (1), the United Kingdom (5), United States (1: Mississippi)

• Paleocene of Argentina (1), United States (1: California)

• Cretaceous of Egypt (4), France (8), Germany (2), Iran (2), Italy (1), Jordan (1), Portugal (1), Switzerland (14), the United Kingdom (1), United States (4: California)

• Triassic of Germany (1), Italy (2)

Total: 262 collections including 327 occurrences

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