Sinovenustas Grant-Mackie and Li 1997 (clam)

Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Malletiidae

Synonym: Venustas Li and Grant-Mackie 1994 [replaced name]

Full reference: J. A. Grant-Mackie and X. Li. 1997. Corrigendum. Sinovenustas, a new name for Venustas Li & Grant-Mackie, 1994, preoccupied. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences 15(4-5):453

Parent taxon: Malletiidae according to J. A. Grant-Mackie and X. Li 1997

Sister taxa: Anthraconeilo, Arisaigia, Australoneilo, Bicrenula, Cadomia, Caesariella, Carinineilo, Concavoleda, Ctenodontella, Dianucula, Dysodonta, Ekstadia, Johnmartinia, Katadesmia, Koenenia, Lapteviella, Lophoconcha, Malletia, Metapalaeoneilo, Myoflebilia, Myoplusia, Neilo, Ningliconcha, Palaeoneilo, Palaeostraba, Perrisonota, Phaenodesmia, Prosoleptus, Quadratonucula, Sluha, Spathelopsis, Suria, Taimyrodon, Tindariopsis, Tropinuculites, Vnigriella, Yoldioides, Yongshengia

Subtaxa: Venustas lalonglaensis

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Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal deposit feeder

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Sinovenustas in the database

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