Venus brioniana Trask 1922 (venus clam)

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae

Full reference: P. D. Trask. 1922. The Briones Formation of Middle California. University of California Publications, Bulletin of the Department of Geological Sciences 13(5):133-174

Belongs to Venus according to P. D. Trask 1922

Sister taxa: Venus (Mioclausinella), Venus (Ventricoloidea), Venus (Venus), Venus anceps, Venus arcotensis, Venus arroyoensis, Venus biplicata, 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: UCMP 12377

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Venus brioniana in the database

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