Venus cyprinoides 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 Venus according to O. Wilckens 1907

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 cythereaeformis, Venus deleta, Venus delicatula, Venus depressa, Venus ebergenyii, Venus eximia, Venus fallaciosa, Venus foveolata, Venus geslini, 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

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Cerro Cazador (Cretaceous of Argentina)

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