Stutchburia veneris Dana 1849 (clam)

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Kalenteridae

Alternative combination: Cypricardia veneris

Full reference: J. D. Dana. 1849. Appendix I. Descriptions of Fossils. 1. Fossils of New South Wales. United States Exploring Expedition During the Years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1842, 1842 Under the Command of Charles Wilkes, U.S.N. Atlas: Geology 681-720

Belongs to Stutchburia according to J. B. Waterhouse 1988

See also Dana 1849

Sister taxa: Pleurophorus pinnaformis, Stutchburia brasiliensis, Stutchburia compressa, Stutchburia costata, Stutchburia cuneata, Stutchburia dianensis, Stutchburia etheridgei, Stutchburia farleyensis, Stutchburia guangdongensis, Stutchburia hoskingae, Stutchburia hunanensis, Stutchburia jiangxiensis, Stutchburia modioliformis, Stutchburia muderongensis, Stutchburia obliqua, Stutchburia oblonga, Stutchburia pallasi, Stutchburia recta, Stutchburia sangallii, Stutchburia simplex, Stutchburia sonorensis, Stutchburia tschernyschewi, Stutchburia variabilis, Netschajewia svilajiensis, Netschajewia jiangsuensis, Netschajewia fenghaiensis, Netschajewia anshunensis, Netschajewia elongata

Type specimen: Its type locality is Glendon Homestead, Hunter River (USNM coll), which is in a Wordian coastal siltstone in the Muree Formation of Australia

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Glendon Homestead, Hunter River (USNM coll)

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