Transennella joaquinensis Anderson and Martin 1914 (venus clam)

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae

Full reference: F. M. Anderson and B. Martin. 1914. Neocene record in the Temblor Basin, California, and Neocene deposits of the San Juan District, San Luis Obispo County. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, Fourth Series 4(3):15-112

Belongs to Transennella according to A. M. Keen 1943

See also Anderson and Martin 1914 and Loel and Corey 1932

Sister taxa: Transennella africana, Transennella bolivarensis, Transennella caboblanquensis, Transennella californica, Transennella cola, Transennella conradina, Transennella cubaniana, Transennella galapagana, Transennella puella, Transennella stimpsoni

Type specimen: CAS 120

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Miocene of United States (2: California collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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