Clementia (Clementia) papyracea Gray 1825 (venus clam)

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae

Alternative combinations: Venus (Clementia) papyracea, Venus papyracea

Belongs to Clementia (Clementia) according to M. C. Perrilliat 1994

See also Cox 1936, Iqbal 1980, Jensen 1996, Kosnik 2002, Mukerjee 1939, Oostingh 1935, Tiwari and Kachhara 2003, Tomida and Nakamura 2001 and Vredenburg 1928

Sister taxa: Clementia (Clementia) dariena, Clementia (Clementia) deshayesi, Clementia (Clementia) inoceriformis, Clementia (Clementia) parinensis, Clementia (Clementia) protopapyracea, Clementia (Clementia) restinensis

Subtaxa: Venus (Clementia) papyracea grandis

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Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Australia (1 collection), Egypt (1), Eritrea (2), Kenya (2), Pakistan (1), Yemen (2)

• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Malaysia (1)

• Pliocene of India (1), Indonesia (2), Japan (2), Pakistan (4), the Philippines (2)

• Miocene of India (2), Indonesia (4), Iran (2), Japan (1), Pakistan (6), the Philippines (1), Somalia (5)

• Oligocene of Pakistan (1)

Total: 43 collections each including a single occurrence

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