Granicorium Hedley 1906 (venus clam)

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae

Parent taxon: Tapetinae according to H. E. Vokes 1980

See also da Silva Forti 1969 and Lamprell and Whitehead 1992

Sister taxa: Cyclorisma, Cyclorismina, Eumarcia, Flaventia, Gomphina, Irus, Katelysia, Legumen, Liocyma, Marcia, Mercimonia, Paphia, Retrotapes, Ruditapes, Sinonia, Tapes, Textivenus, Venerella, Veneritapes

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Granicorium in the database

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