Tapes (Tapes) Mühlfeld 1811 (venus clam)

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae

Parent taxon: Tapes according to G. Rosenberg et al. 2006

Sister taxa: Tapes (Myrsopsis), Tapes (Ruditapes), Tapes (Siratoria), Tapes (Taurotapes), Tapes (Textrix), Tapes aurea, Tapes corrugatus, Tapes cretacea, Tapes dorsatus, Tapes hilgardi, Tapes lineatum, Tapes literatus, Tapes perovalis, Tapes subundata, Tapes texturata, Tapes truncata, Tapes virginea

Subtaxa: Tapes (Tapes) belcheri

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Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Malaysia (3 collections)

• Pliocene of Pakistan (3)

• Miocene of Bulgaria (1), Indonesia (2)

Total: 9 collections each including a single occurrence

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