Venus hupfeldi Böhm 1904 (venus clam)

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae

Full reference: J. Böhm. 1904. Über einen Furchenstein und Tertiär in Dahome. Zeitschrift der Deutschen Geologischen Gesellschaft 56(2):141-145

Belongs to Venus according to J. Böhm 1904

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 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

Type specimen: Its type locality is Lama marsh, which is in an Eocene carbonate limestone in Benin

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Lama marsh

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