Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Alternative spelling: Tapetinae
Parent taxon: Venerinae according to J. G. Carter et al. 2011
See also Beu 2006, Bieler and Mikkelsen 2006, Bouchet et al. 2010, Chiesa et al. 1995, Freneix et al. 1988, Gliozzi and Malatesta 1983, Pacaud and Le Renard 1995, Squires 1984 and Vokes 1980
Sister taxa: Antigona, Artena, Callithaca, Chione, Chioneryx, Chionista, Chionopsis, Circomphalus, Clausinella, Dosina, Dosiniini, Globivenus, Humilaria, Iliochione, Irusella, Kuia, Leukoma, Marama, Melosia, Mercenaria, Paphonotia, Paraesa, Periglypta, Proxichione, Tawera, Turia, Venerini, Venus, Bassina, Austrovenus, Nioche, Ameghinomya, Hinemoana, Timoclea, Lirophora, Anomalocardia, Placamen
Subtaxa: Cyclorisma Cyclorismina Eumarcia Flaventia Gomphina Granicorium Irus Katelysia Legumen Liocyma Marcia Mercimonia Paphia Retrotapes Ruditapes Sinonia Tapes Textivenus Venerella Veneritapes
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Argentina (2 collections), Australia (16), Belgium (1), Canada (1: Newfoundland and Labrador), Chile (1), Djibouti (1), Iran (1), Ireland (1), Italy (1), Japan (12), Kenya (3), Morocco (3), Namibia (4), New Zealand (1), Pakistan (2), the Philippines (1), South Africa (8), Spain (4), Taiwan (8), Thailand (1), Ukraine (2), the United Kingdom (1), United States (33: Alaska, California)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Malaysia (6), United States (1: California)
• Pliocene to Holocene of Chile (1)
• Pliocene of Australia (1), Belgium (6), Chile (6), Egypt (1), Greece (1), Indonesia (18), Italy (4), Japan (7), New Zealand (4), Pakistan (5), Papua New Guinea (1), the Philippines (2), Portugal (1), the Russian Federation (5), Spain (1), the United Kingdom (5), United States (21: California)
• Miocene to Pliocene of United States (6: California)
• Miocene of Algeria (6), Argentina (8), Australia (2), Austria (6), Bulgaria (1), Cyprus (4), Fiji (1), France (4), Germany (2), Greenland (1), India (3), Indonesia (17), Iran (10), Israel (1), Italy (10), Japan (13), New Zealand (8), Pakistan (2), Panama (1), the Philippines (1), Poland (3), Romania (3), the Russian Federation (15), Slovakia (1), South Africa (1), Ukraine (1), United States (5: Alaska, California)
• Oligocene to Miocene of Argentina (1), the Russian Federation (2)
• Oligocene of Canada (1: British Columbia), Ecuador (1), New Zealand (9), the Russian Federation (4)
• Eocene of Antarctica (14), Colombia (1), Egypt (1), France (2), Greenland (1), Italy (1), Japan (1), Romania (1), the United Kingdom (3), United States (26: Alabama, California, Oregon, South Carolina, Washington)
• Paleocene of Antarctica (1), Argentina (1), United States (9: California)
• Cretaceous of Algeria (1), Antarctica (7), Argentina (1), Austria (2), Brazil (3), Cameroon (1), Canada (2: Alberta), Cuba (1), Egypt (7), Germany (2), Greenland (1), India (1), Italy (1), Libya (5), Mexico (2), Mozambique (1), New Zealand (2), Nigeria (2), Peru (1), Poland (4), the Russian Federation (1), Serbia and Montenegro (3), Spain (2), Tunisia (1), the United Kingdom (1), United States (280: Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, California, Delaware, Georgia, Kansas, Maryland, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah)
• Triassic of Egypt (1), Spain (1)
Total: 758 collections including 945 occurrences