Tapes aurea Gmelin 1788 (venus clam)
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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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