†Tivelina rustica Deshayes 1825 (venus clam)
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Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Alternative combinations: Cytherea rustica, Meretrix rustica
Belongs to Tivelina according to J. Le Renard and J.-M. Pacaud 1995
Sister taxa: Tivelina analoga, Tivelina baudoni, Tivelina capsuloides, Tivelina coislinensis, Tivelina delicatina, Tivelina deltoidea, Tivelina dixoni, Tivelina ewekoroensis, Tivelina gibbosula, Tivelina idriaensis, Tivelina nuculoides, Tivelina parameces, Tivelina siliqua, Tivelina sphenarium, Tivelina subquadrangularis, Tivelina tellinaria, Tivelina vaderensis, Tivelina vincentiana
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Saint-Vast-les-Mello, Barisseuse (Eocene of France)
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