Timoclea imbricata Sowerby 1826 (venus clam)
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Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Alternative combinations: Astarte imbricata, Venus imbricata
Belongs to Timoclea according to M. Huber 2010
See also Wood 1850
Sister taxa: Chione (Timoclea) picta, Timoclea (Glycydonta), Timoclea (Timoclea), Timoclea (Veremolpa), Timoclea costellifera, Timoclea grus, Timoclea marica, Timoclea ovata
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Papua New Guinea (1 collection), the United Kingdom (4)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
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