Venerella (Compsomyax) Stewart 1930

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae

Alternative spellings: Compsomyax, Katherinella (Compsomyax)

Full reference: R. B. Stewart. 1930. Gabb's California Cretaceous and Tertiary type lamellibranchs. The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia Special Publication 3:1-314

Parent taxon: Venerella according to Weaver 1943

See also Sepkoski 2002 and Woodring 1938

Sister taxa: Venerella secunda, Venerella striatula

Subtaxa: Compsomyax stewarti Compsomyax subdiaphana Venerella (Compsomyax) gibbosus

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Type: Clementia subdiaphana

Distribution:

• Quaternary of United States (28: California collections)

• Pliocene of United States (6: California)

• Miocene to Pliocene of United States (5: California)

• Miocene of Japan (2), United States (2: California)

• Eocene of Colombia (1)

Total: 44 collections each including a single occurrence

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