Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Parent taxon: Venerinae according to S. Mendir et al. 2021
See also Saul 1993, Sepkoski 2002 and Vokes 1980
Sister taxa: Antigona, Artena, Callithaca, Chione, Chioneryx, Chionista, Chionopsis, Circomphalus, Clausinella, Dosina, Dosiniini, Globivenus, Humilaria, Iliochione, Irusella, Kuia, Leukoma, Marama, Melosia, Mercenaria, Paphonotia, Periglypta, Proxichione, Tapetini, Tawera, Turia, Venerini, Venus, Bassina, Hinemoana, Lirophora, Timoclea, Placamen, Ameghinomya, Austrovenus, Anomalocardia, Nioche
Subtaxa: Paraesa cedrina Paraesa faba Paraesa lens Paraesa zeta
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Algeria (3 collections), Brazil (2), Bulgaria (1), Cameroon (3), the Congo-Brazzaville (1), Egypt (31), Germany (1), Libya (1), Mozambique (1), the Netherlands (1), Serbia and Montenegro (1), USSR (5), the United Kingdom (1), United States (36: California)
Total: 88 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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