†Dosina subpenicillata Vredenburg 1928 (venus clam)
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Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Alternative combination: Dosinia subpenicillata
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 Dosina according to M. W. A. Iqbal 1980
See also Mukerjee 1939
Sister taxa: Antigona (Dosina) mauryae, Dosina (Phacosoma), Dosina (Plurigens), Dosina cassina, Dosina suboblonga
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Pakistan (2 collections)
• Miocene of India (3), Pakistan (2)
Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence
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