Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Belongs to Dosinia according to H. K. Hodson 1931
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 histrio, Dosinia imparistriata, Dosinia jacalitosana, Dosinia kaspiewi, Dosinia lawsoni, Dosinia lechuzaensis, Dosinia longula, Dosinia lupina, 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, Artemis orbignyi, Dosinia (Artemis) tenuis, Artemis lenticularis, Artemis lentiformis, Artemis lincta, Dosinidia palmerae, Dosinia (Dosinidia) elegans, Dosinia (Dosinidia) margaritana, Dosinia (Dosinidia) dalli
Type specimen: Its type locality is Rio Codore, 5.4 km N of Urumaco [Urumaco Fm], which is in a Miocene marine siltstone in the Urumaco Formation of Venezuela
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Rio Codore, 5.4 km N of Urumaco [Urumaco Fm]
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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