Tapes aurea Gmelin 1788 (venus clam)

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae

Alternative combination: Venus aurea

Belongs to Tapes according to S. V. Wood 1850

Sister taxa: Tapes (Myrsopsis), Tapes (Ruditapes), Tapes (Siratoria), Tapes (Tapes), Tapes (Taurotapes), Tapes (Textrix), Tapes corrugatus, Tapes cretacea, Tapes dorsatus, Tapes hilgardi, Tapes lineatum, Tapes literatus, Tapes perovalis, Tapes subundata, Tapes texturata, Tapes truncata, Tapes virginea

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Bramerton, Norfolk [Mammaliferous Crag] (Quaternary of the United Kingdom)

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