Eumarcia Iredale 1925 (venus clam)

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae

Parent taxon: Tapetinae according to A. G. Beu 2006

See also Lamprell and Whitehead 1992, Sepkoski 2002, Stilwell and Zinsmeister 1992 and Vokes 1980

Sister taxa: Cyclorisma, Cyclorismina, Flaventia, Gomphina, Granicorium, Irus, Katelysia, Legumen, Liocyma, Marcia, Mercimonia, Paphia, Retrotapes, Ruditapes, Sinonia, Tapes, Textivenus, Venerella, Veneritapes

Subtaxa: Eumarcia (Atamarcia) Eumarcia (Eumarcia) Eumarcia (Opimaria) Eumarcia fumigata

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Type: Eumarcia fumigata

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Australia (4 collections)

• Pliocene of New Zealand (4)

• Miocene of Argentina (1), New Zealand (6)

• Oligocene to Miocene of Argentina (1)

• Oligocene of New Zealand (9)

• Eocene of Antarctica (2)

Total: 27 collections including 30 occurrences

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