Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Alternative combinations: Dosinia lupinus, Venus lupinus
Belongs to Dosinia according to A. J. W. Hendy et al. 2008
See also Davies 1973
Sister taxa: Dosinia (Asa), Dosinia (Austrodosinia), Dosinia (Dosinella), Dosinia (Dosinia), Dosinia (Dosinobia), Dosinia (Dosinorbis), Dosinia (Kakahuia), Dosinia (Kaneharaia), Dosinia (Kereia), Dosinia (Phacosoma), Dosinia (Raina), Dosinia acetabulum, Dosinia africana, Dosinia alta, Dosinia burckhardti, Dosinia caerulea, Dosinia castigata, Dosinia chipolana, Dosinia coloradoensis, Dosinia conradi, Dosinia discus, Dosinia dunkeri, Dosinia excisa, Dosinia exoleta, Dosinia falconensis, Dosinia histrio, Dosinia imparistriata, Dosinia jacalitosana, Dosinia kaspiewi, Dosinia lawsoni, Dosinia lechuzaensis, Dosinia longula, Dosinia mastrichtiensis, Dosinia mercenaroidea, Dosinia meridonalis, Dosinia morani, Dosinia nomurai, Dosinia orbicularis, Dosinia pertenuis, Dosinia ponderosa, Dosinia protojuvenilis, Dosinia pseudoargus, Dosinia santana, Dosinia scalaris, Dosinia sculpta, Dosinia semiobliterata, Dosinia tugaruana, Dosinia (Dosinidia) margaritana, Dosinia (Dosinidia) dalli, Dosinia (Dosinidia) elegans, Dosinidia palmerae, Artemis orbignyi, Artemis lenticularis, Dosinia (Artemis) tenuis, Artemis lincta, Artemis lentiformis
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Angola (1 collection), France (1), Ireland (1), Namibia (2), South Africa (1)
• Pliocene of Greece (3), Italy (2)
• Miocene of Belgium (4), Germany (1), Greece (2), Italy (3)
Total: 21 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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