Leukoma grata Say 1831 (venus clam)

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae

Alternative combinations: Protothaca (Protothaca) grata, Protothaca (Tropithaca) grata, Protothaca grata, Venus grata

Belongs to Leukoma according to A. Hendy 2021

See also Aberhan and Fursich 1991, Coan et al. 2000, Coan and Valentich-Scott 2012 and Hertlein 1956

Sister taxa: Leukoma asperrima, Leukoma beili, Leukoma columbiensis, Leukoma dolicha, Leukoma ecuadoriana, Leukoma histrionica, Leukoma laciniata, Leukoma metodon, Leukoma pertincta, Leukoma staleyi, Leukoma staminea, Leukoma thaca, Protothaca (Protothaca), Protothaca (Novathaca), Protothaca (Tropithaca) seymourensis

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Mexico (6 collections), United States (1: California)

• Pliocene of Ecuador (2)

Total: 9 collections each including a single occurrence

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