Aphrodina (Aphrodina) plebeia Kendrick and Vartak 2007 (venus clam)

Bivalvia - Venerida - Veneridae

Full reference: G. W. Kendrick and A. V. Vartak. 2007. Middle Cretaceous (Cenomanian) bivalves from the Karai Formation, Uttattur Group, of the Cauvery Basin, south India. Records of the Western Australian Museum Supplement 72:1-101

Belongs to Aphrodina (Aphrodina) according to G. W. Kendrick and A. V. Vartak 2007

Sister taxon: Aphrodina (Aphrodina) fabulina

Type specimen: ARI G2846/1, a valve. Its type locality is Odiyam locality 2, which is in a Cenomanian marine sandstone in the Karai Formation of India.

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of India (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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