Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Alternative combination: Venus (Clementia) protopapyracea
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 Clementia (Clementia) according to R. P. Tiwari and R. P. Kachhara 2003
See also Vredenburg 1928
Sister taxa: Clementia (Clementia) dariena, Clementia (Clementia) deshayesi, Clementia (Clementia) inoceriformis, Clementia (Clementia) papyracea, Clementia (Clementia) parinensis, Clementia (Clementia) restinensis
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Miocene of India (3 collections)
• Oligocene of Pakistan (1)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
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