Velargilla Iredale 1931 (venus clam)

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae

Alternative spelling: Petricola (Velargilla)

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

See also Kosnik 2002 and Lamprell and Whitehead 1992

Sister taxa: Choristodon, Lajonkairia, Mysia, Petricola, Pleiorytis, Rupellaria

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: stationary boring suspension feeder

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Velargilla in the database

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