Tapes virginea Linnaeus 1767 (venus clam)
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Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Alternative combination: Venus virginea
Belongs to Tapes according to S. V. Wood 1850
Sister taxa: Tapes (Myrsopsis), Tapes (Ruditapes), Tapes (Siratoria), Tapes (Tapes), Tapes (Taurotapes), Tapes (Textrix), Tapes aurea, Tapes corrugatus, Tapes cretacea, Tapes dorsatus, Tapes hilgardi, Tapes lineatum, Tapes literatus, Tapes perovalis, Tapes subundata, Tapes texturata, Tapes truncata
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of the United Kingdom (1 collection)
• Pliocene of the United Kingdom (3)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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