Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Full reference: H. H. Camacho. 1957. Descripción de una fauna marina paleocena procedente de Tierra del Fuego (Argentina). Ameghiniana 1(1-2):86-100
Belongs to Venus according to H. H. Camacho 1957
Sister taxa: Venus (Mioclausinella), Venus (Ventricoloidea), Venus (Venus), Venus anceps, Venus arcotensis, Venus biplicata, Venus brioniana, Venus chilensis, Venus cleryana, Venus collinium, Venus conformis, Venus corella, Venus crenatula, Venus cyprinoides, Venus cythereaeformis, Venus deleta, Venus delicatula, Venus depressa, Venus ebergenyii, Venus eximia, Venus fallaciosa, Venus foveolata, Venus geslini, Venus hupfeldi, Venus inopinata, Venus insula, Venus kennerlyi, Venus lenticularis, Venus martini, Venus mekranica, Venus mitsuiana, Venus nux, Venus parva, Venus petricosa, Venus pseudoscalaris, Venus quadrata, Venus retisculpta, Venus rhysomia, Venus sulcata, Venus tetrahedra, Venus turgescens, Venus vespertina, Venus victoriana, Venus virginiana
Type specimen: Its type locality is 4 Km. north of Estancia Arroyito, which is in a Paleocene marine sandstone in the Cerro Khasem Formation of Argentina.
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at 4 Km. north of Estancia Arroyito
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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