†Dosiniopsis fallax Deshayes 1857 (venus clam)
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Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Alternative combinations: Cytherea fallax, Macrocallista fallax
Full reference: G.P. Deshayes. 1857. Description des Animaux sans Vertébres découverts dans le Bassin des Paris 1(2):81-392
Belongs to Dosiniopsis according to J. Le Renard and J.-M. Pacaud 1995
See also Deshayes 1857 and Hassan 1953
Sister taxa: Dosiniopsis bellovacina, Dosiniopsis ewekoroensis, Dosiniopsis lenticularis, Dosiniopsis pseudoorbicularis, Dosiniopsis stewartvillensis
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Eocene of Greenland (1 collection)
• Paleocene of Poland (1)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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