†Tapes perovalis Wood 1840 (venus clam)
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Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Alternative combination: Pullastra perovalis
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 subundata, Tapes texturata, Tapes truncata, Tapes virginea
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Ramsholt, Suffolk [Coralline Crag] (Pliocene of the United Kingdom)
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