Leukoma asperrima Sowerby 1835 (venus clam)

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae

Alternative combinations: Nioche (Nioche) asperrima, Protothaca (Leukoma) asperrima, Protothaca asperrima, Venus asperrima

Belongs to Leukoma according to E. V. Coan and P. Valentich-Scott 2012

See also DeVries and Wells 1990, Keen 1971 and Woodring 1982

Sister taxa: Leukoma beili, Leukoma columbiensis, Leukoma dolicha, Leukoma ecuadoriana, Leukoma grata, Leukoma histrionica, Leukoma laciniata, Leukoma metodon, Leukoma pertincta, Leukoma staleyi, Leukoma staminea, Leukoma thaca, Protothaca (Protothaca), Protothaca (Novathaca), Protothaca (Tropithaca) seymourensis

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Panama (2 collections), Peru (1)

• Pliocene of Peru (1)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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