Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Alternative combination: Venus ovata
Belongs to Timoclea according to A. J. W. Hendy et al. 2008
See also Wood 1850
Sister taxa: Chione (Timoclea) picta, Timoclea (Glycydonta), Timoclea (Timoclea), Timoclea (Veremolpa), Timoclea costellifera, Timoclea grus, Timoclea imbricata, Timoclea marica
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Belgium (1 collection), Italy (1), the United Kingdom (8)
• Pliocene of Belgium (6), Greece (1), Italy (2), the Netherlands (1), the United Kingdom (4)
• Miocene of Belgium (1), Bulgaria (2), Cyprus (4), France (1), Germany (1), Italy (4), Morocco (1)
Total: 38 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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