Venus rhysomia Gabb 1861 (venus clam)

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae

Full reference: W. M. Gabb. 1861. Descriptions of New Species of American Tertiary Fossils and a New Carboniferous Cephalopod from Texas. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 13:367-372

Belongs to Venus according to W. M. Gabb 1861

Sister taxa: Venus (Mioclausinella), Venus (Ventricoloidea), Venus (Venus), Venus anceps, Venus arcotensis, Venus arroyoensis, 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 sulcata, Venus tetrahedra, Venus turgescens, Venus vespertina, Venus victoriana, Venus virginiana

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

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

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