Amiantis Carpenter 1863 (venus clam)

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae

Alternative spellings: Cytherea (Amiantis), Meretrix (Amiantis)

Parent taxon: Callocardiinae according to E. V. Coan and P. Valentich-Scott 2012

See also da Silva Forti 1969, Rosenberg et al. 2006, Sepkoski 2002, Vokes 1980 and Vredenburg 1928

Sister taxa: Callocardia, Callpita, Hysteroconcha, Chimela, Pelecyora, Goshoraia, Nutricola, Pseudamiantis, Pseudaphrodina, Mesocallista, Larma, Rhabdopitaria, Egrona, Rohea, Saxidomus, Dollfusia, Loxo, Lepidocardia, Notocallista, Katherinella, Nitidavenus, Lioconcha, Costacallista, Callistalox, Agriopoma, Callistina, Austrocallista, Pitar, Trigonocallista, Naulia, Lamelliconcha, Dosiniopsis, Aphrodina, Rhaiphiale, Marwickia, Gilbertharrisella

Subtaxa: Amiantis (Amiantis) Amiantis (Eucallista) Amiantis callosa Amiantis communis Amiantis loeli Amiantis mathewsoni Amiantis mathewsonii Amiantis purpurata Cytherea (Amiantis) incrassata

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Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Brazil (7 collections), Kenya (1), Mexico (1), the Seychelles (1), United States (12: California)

• Pliocene to Pleistocene of United States (4: California)

• Pliocene of Chile (1), Pakistan (3), Peru (4), United States (7: California, Virginia)

• Miocene to Pliocene of Chile (1)

• Miocene of Chile (5), Cyprus (1), India (1), Mexico (2), Peru (2), the Russian Federation (2), United States (17: California), Vanuatu (1)

• Oligocene of United States (13: California)

• Eocene of the United Kingdom (5), United States (17: California), Venezuela (1)

Total: 109 collections including 114 occurrences

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