Tapes dorsatus Lamarck 1818 (venus clam)

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae

Belongs to Tapes according to K. Lamprell and T. Whitehead 1992

Sister taxa: Tapes (Myrsopsis), Tapes (Ruditapes), Tapes (Siratoria), Tapes (Tapes), Tapes (Taurotapes), Tapes (Textrix), Tapes aurea, Tapes corrugatus, Tapes cretacea, Tapes hilgardi, Tapes lineatum, Tapes literatus, Tapes perovalis, Tapes subundata, Tapes texturata, Tapes truncata, Tapes virginea

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Australia (3 collections)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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