Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Full reference: B. L. Clark and R. Arnold. 1923. Fauna of the Sooke Formation Vancouver Island. University of California Publications, Bulletin of the Department of Geological Sciences 14(5):123-234
Belongs to Venus according to B. L. Clark and R. Arnold 1923
Sister taxa: 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 virginiana
Type specimen: Its type locality is China Beach, which is in a Chattian marine sandstone in the Sooke Formation of Canada
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at China Beach
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