Gouldia californica Dall 1917 (venus clam)

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae

Belongs to Gouldia according to E. V. Coan and P. Valentich-Scott 2012

Sister taxa: Gouldia (Circenita), Gouldia (Gouldia), Gouldia (Gouldiopa), Gouldia (Paragouldia), Gouldia alta, Gouldia camachoi, Gouldia cerina, Gouldia circularis, Gouldia costaricensis, Gouldia insularis, Gouldia minuta, Gouldia subpusilla

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Gouldia californica in the database

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