Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Alternative combination: Venus (Chione) pertenuis
Full reference: W. M. Gabb. 1864. Description of the Cretaceous fossils. Geological Survey of California Palaeontology 1:57-217
Belongs to Dosinia according to R. B. Stewart 1930
See also Addicott 1973, Anderson 1905, Gabb 1864, Gabb 1869 and Waring 1917
Sister taxa: Dosinia (Asa), Dosinia (Austrodosinia), Dosinia (Dosinella), Dosinia (Dosinia), Dosinia (Dosinobia), Dosinia (Dosinorbis), Dosinia (Kakahuia), Dosinia (Kaneharaia), Dosinia (Kereia), Dosinia (Phacosoma), Dosinia (Raina), Dosinia acetabulum, Dosinia africana, Dosinia alta, Dosinia burckhardti, Dosinia caerulea, Dosinia castigata, Dosinia chipolana, Dosinia coloradoensis, Dosinia conradi, Dosinia discus, Dosinia dunkeri, Dosinia excisa, Dosinia exoleta, Dosinia falconensis, Dosinia histrio, Dosinia imparistriata, Dosinia jacalitosana, Dosinia kaspiewi, Dosinia lawsoni, Dosinia lechuzaensis, Dosinia longula, Dosinia lupina, Dosinia mastrichtiensis, Dosinia mercenaroidea, Dosinia meridonalis, Dosinia morani, Dosinia nomurai, Dosinia orbicularis, Dosinia ponderosa, Dosinia protojuvenilis, Dosinia pseudoargus, Dosinia santana, Dosinia scalaris, Dosinia sculpta, Dosinia semiobliterata, Dosinia tugaruana, Dosinia (Dosinidia) elegans, Dosinidia palmerae, Dosinia (Dosinidia) dalli, Dosinia (Dosinidia) margaritana, Artemis lentiformis, Dosinia (Artemis) tenuis, Artemis lenticularis, Artemis orbignyi, Artemis lincta
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Dosinia pertenuis in the database
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