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
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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