Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Alternative combinations: Antigona mekranica, Fimbria (Omphaloclathrum) mekranica, Venus (Omphaloclathrum) mekranica
Full reference: E. Vredenburg. 1928. Description of Mollusca from the post-Eocene Tertiary formation of north-western India: Gastropoda (in part) and Lamellibranchiata. Memoirs of the Geological Survey of India 50(2):351-506
Belongs to Venus according to M. W. A. Iqbal 1980
See also Eames 1950 and Vredenburg 1928
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 mitsuiana, Venus nux, Venus petricosa, Venus pseudoscalaris, Venus quadrata, Venus retisculpta, Venus rhysomia, Venus sulcata, Venus tetrahedra, Venus turgescens, Venus vespertina, Venus victoriana, Venus virginiana
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Pakistan (1 collection)
• Miocene of Pakistan (2)
• Oligocene of Pakistan (1)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
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