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 (Tropithaca) seymourensis, Protothaca (Protothaca), Protothaca (Novathaca)
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
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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