Meretrix (Cordiopsis) Meek and Worthen 1862 (venus clam)

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae

Alternative spelling: Cardiopsis

Full reference: F. B. Meek and A. H. Worthen. 1862. Description of new Paleozoic fossils from Illinois and Iowa. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia 13:128-148

Parent taxon: Meretrix according to Cossmann 1910

See also Cox et al. 1969, Mandic and Steininger 2003, Meek and Worthen 1862, Pacaud and Le Renard 1995, Prasad et al. 1988 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Meretrix bosworthi, Meretrix cornelli, Meretrix decisa, Meretrix desvauxi, Meretrix gabbi, Meretrix hikoshimensis, Meretrix indica, Meretrix landesi, Meretrix longa, Meretrix macbeani, Meretrix marshana, Meretrix mortoni, Meretrix negritosensis, Meretrix neusensis, Meretrix nuttalliopsis, Meretrix persica, Meretrix pittsburgensis, Meretrix profunda, Meretrix pseudomeretrix, Meretrix shantii, Meretrix stantoni, Meretrix subimpressa, Meretrix sylvaerupis, Meretrix tularana, Meretrix uniomeris, Meretrix yoakumi

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Miocene of Belgium (1 collection)

• Eocene of Romania (1)

• Carboniferous of United States (2: Missouri)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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