Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Belongs to Cytherea according to A. Heilprin 1879
Sister taxa: Cytherea aequorea, Cytherea ambigua, Cytherea astartiformis, Cytherea avia, Cytherea capillacea, Cytherea corbuloides, Cytherea curionii, Cytherea elegantula, Cytherea elliptica, Cytherea erycinoides, Cytherea eversa, Cytherea humerosa, Cytherea hunteri, Cytherea imitabilis, Cytherea jerdoni, Cytherea lamberti, Cytherea mississippiensis, Cytherea murrayana, Cytherea nuttali, Cytherea obsoleta, Cytherea orbicularis, Cytherea orbiculata, Cytherea oregonensis, Cytherea paucirugata, Cytherea pectinata, Cytherea perbrevis, Cytherea poulsoni, Cytherea rawesi, Cytherea rhaetica, Cytherea rothi, Cytherea scinctilla, Cytherea sobrina, Cytherea soror, Cytherea subcrassa, Cytherea submultistriata, Cytherea tenuidentata, Cytherea trigoniata, Cytherea wapsharei, Cytherea wilsoni, Cytherea wohltmanni
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Cytherea mortoni in the database
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