Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Alternative spellings: Cytherea (Ventricola), Ventricola, Venus (Ventricola)
Parent taxon: Antigona according to F. M. Anderson 1929
See also Freneix et al. 1988, Rosenberg 2005 and Vredenburg 1928
Sister taxa: Antigona (Antigona), Antigona (Periglypta), Antigona aglaurae, Antigona carrizoensis, Antigona granosa, Antigona kelloggi, Antigona lamellacea, Antigona vaquerosensis, Antigona willisi
Subtaxa: Antigona (Ventricola) undosa Venus (Ventricola) multilamella
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Egypt (1 collection), Japan (1), Morocco (2), Yemen (2)
• Pliocene of Greece (3), Holy See (Vatican City State) (1)
• Miocene of Brazil (1), Cyprus (2), Greece (3), Israel (1), Spain (2), Vanuatu (1)
• Oligocene of Pakistan (3), United States (8: California)
• Eocene of United States (15: California)
Total: 46 collections including 47 occurrences