Dosinia (Dosinia) peralta Vredenburg 1928 (venus clam)

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae

Alternative combination: Dosinia peralta

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 Dosinia (Dosinia) according to R. P. Tiwari and R. P. Kachhara 2003

See also Vredenburg 1928

Sister taxa: Dosinia (Dosinia) boettgeri, Dosinia (Dosinia) concentrica, Dosinia (Dosinia) delicatissima, Dosinia (Dosinia) liogona, Dosinia (Dosinia) multilamellata, Dosinia (Dosinia) radiata, Dosinia (Dosinia) semilaevis, Dosinia (Dosinia) sicarisinus, Dosinia (Dosinia) whitneyi

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Pliocene of Pakistan (3 collections)

• Miocene of India (2), Pakistan (2)

Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence

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