Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Alternative combination: Venus histrio
Belongs to Dosinia according to G. Rosenberg et al. 2006
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 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 pertenuis, 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:
• Quaternary of Djibouti (3 collections), Japan (1), Yemen (2)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Malaysia (5)
• Pliocene of Pakistan (1)
• Miocene to Pliocene of Indonesia (1)
Total: 13 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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