Subfamily Clementiina Frizzell 1936 (venus clam)

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae

Alternative spelling: Clementiinae

Parent taxon: Meretricini according to J. G. Carter et al. 2011

See also Bieler and Mikkelsen 2006, Bouchet et al. 2010, Pacaud and Le Renard 1995, Perrilliat 1992, Perrilliat 1994, Vokes 1980, Ward 1992 and Woodring 1982

Sister taxa: Cyclinina, Gemmina, Meretricina, Petricolina, Samarangiina, Sunettina, Turtoniina

Subtaxa: Clementia Psathura Thetiopsis

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Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Australia (1 collection), Djibouti (2), Egypt (1), Eritrea (2), Japan (2), Kenya (2), Pakistan (1), Yemen (2)

• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Malaysia (1)

• Pliocene of Costa Rica (2), Ecuador (1), India (1), Indonesia (2), Japan (4), Pakistan (4), the Philippines (2)

• Miocene to Pliocene of the Dominican Republic (1), United States (1: Florida)

• Miocene of Brazil (6), Colombia (20), Ecuador (6), India (4), Indonesia (4), Iran (2), Japan (4), Mexico (10), Pakistan (6), Panama (41), Peru (5), the Philippines (1), the Russian Federation (1), Saudi Arabia (2), Somalia (5), Trinidad and Tobago (2), United States (51: California, Delaware, Florida, Maryland, New Jersey), Venezuela (17)

• Oligocene of Colombia (1), Ecuador (1), Pakistan (2), Panama (1), Peru (4), Puerto Rico (8), United States (15: California), Venezuela (1)

• Eocene of Colombia (2), the Netherlands Antilles (3), Peru (15), the United Kingdom (2), Venezuela (4)

• Cretaceous of Colombia (1), United States (1: California)

Total: 280 collections including 290 occurrences

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