†Tapes literatus Linnaeus 1758 (venus clam)
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Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Belongs to Tapes according to B. Wilson 2002
See also Lamprell and Whitehead 1992
Sister taxa: Tapes (Myrsopsis), Tapes (Ruditapes), Tapes (Siratoria), Tapes (Tapes), Tapes (Taurotapes), Tapes (Textrix), Tapes aurea, Tapes corrugatus, Tapes cretacea, Tapes dorsatus, Tapes hilgardi, Tapes lineatum, Tapes perovalis, Tapes subundata, Tapes texturata, Tapes truncata, Tapes virginea
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Dampier Limestone, Broadhurst Bight (Quaternary of Australia)
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