Cytherea rothi Wilckens 1907 (venus clam)

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae

Full reference: O. Wilckens. 1907. Die Lamellibrachiaten, Gastropoden ect. aus der oberen Kreide Südpatagoniens. Berichte der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft zu Freiburg, Breisgau 15:97-166

Belongs to Cytherea according to O. Wilckens 1907

Sister taxa: Cytherea aequorea, Cytherea ambigua, Cytherea astartiformis, Cytherea avia, Cytherea capillacea, Cytherea corbuloides, Cytherea curionii, Cytherea elegantula, Cytherea elliptica, Cytherea erycinoides, Cytherea eversa, Cytherea humerosa, Cytherea hunteri, Cytherea imitabilis, Cytherea jerdoni, Cytherea lamberti, Cytherea mississippiensis, Cytherea mortoni, Cytherea murrayana, Cytherea nuttali, Cytherea obsoleta, Cytherea orbicularis, Cytherea orbiculata, Cytherea oregonensis, Cytherea paucirugata, Cytherea pectinata, Cytherea perbrevis, Cytherea poulsoni, Cytherea rawesi, Cytherea rhaetica, Cytherea scinctilla, Cytherea sobrina, Cytherea soror, Cytherea subcrassa, Cytherea submultistriata, Cytherea tenuidentata, Cytherea trigoniata, Cytherea wapsharei, Cytherea wilsoni, Cytherea wohltmanni

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Argentina (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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