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Protothaca (Novathaca) (venus clam)

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae

Alternative spelling: Novathaca

Parent taxon: Protothaca according to L. R. Cox et al. 1969

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Leukoma asperrima, Leukoma beili, Leukoma columbiensis, Leukoma dolicha, Leukoma ecuadoriana, Leukoma grata, Leukoma histrionica, Leukoma laciniata, Leukoma metodon, Leukoma pertincta, Leukoma staleyi, Leukoma staminea, Leukoma thaca, Protothaca (Tropithaca) seymourensis, Protothaca (Protothaca)

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Nutovskaya Suite (upper) - Nutovo River, Okha District, Sakhalin (Pliocene of Russian Federation)

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