Leukoma thaca Molina 1782 (venus clam)
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Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Alternative combinations: Chama thaca, Protothaca thaca
Belongs to Leukoma according to E. V. Coan and P. Valentich-Scott 2012
See also Ortlieb et al. 1990
Sister taxa: Leukoma asperrima, Leukoma beili, Leukoma columbiensis, Leukoma dolicha, Leukoma ecuadoriana, Leukoma grata, Leukoma histrionica, Leukoma laciniata, Leukoma metodon, Leukoma pertincta, Leukoma staleyi, Leukoma staminea, Protothaca (Protothaca), Protothaca (Novathaca), Protothaca (Tropithaca) seymourensis
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Chile (7 collections), Peru (6)
Total: 13 collections each including a single occurrence
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