Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Parent taxon: Tapetinae according to E. Gliozzi and A. Malatesta 1983
See also Sepkoski 2002, Vokes 1980 and Wiedmann 1979
Sister taxa: Amakusatapes, Cyclorisma, Cyclorismina, Eumarcia, Flaventia, Gomphina, Granicorium, Irus, Katelysia, Liocyma, Marcia, Mercimonia, Paphia, Retrotapes, Ruditapes, Sinonia, Tapes, Textivenus, Venerella, Veneritapes
Subtaxa: Legumen carolinense Legumen ellipticum Legumen mozambensis Legumen napii Legumen ooides
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (1: Washington collection)
• Cretaceous of Algeria (1), Austria (2), Brazil (1), Cameroon (1), Canada (1: Alberta), Egypt (1), Germany (1), India (1), Libya (1), Mexico (1), Mozambique (1), Nigeria (1), North Atlantic (1), Poland (4), Serbia (1), Spain (1), Tunisia (1), United States (187: Alabama, Arizona, California, Delaware, Georgia, Maryland, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah)
Total: 209 collections including 219 occurrences
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