Dosinia (Asa) Basterot 1825 (venus clam)

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae

Alternative spelling: Asa

Parent taxon: Dosinia according to V. D. Borkar and K. G. Kulkarni 2019

See also Beu et al. 1990 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Dosinia (Austrodosinia), Dosinia (Dosinella), Dosinia (Dosinia), Dosinia (Dosinisca), Dosinia (Dosinobia), Dosinia (Dosinorbis), Dosinia (Kakahuia), Dosinia (Kaneharaia), Dosinia (Kereia), Dosinia (Phacosoma), Dosinia (Raina), Dosinia acetabulum, Dosinia africana, Dosinia alta, Dosinia burckhardti, Dosinia caerulea, Dosinia castigata, Dosinia chipolana, Dosinia coloradoensis, Dosinia conradi, Dosinia discus, Dosinia dunkeri, Dosinia excisa, Dosinia exoleta, Dosinia falconensis, Dosinia histrio, Dosinia imparistriata, Dosinia jacalitosana, Dosinia kaspiewi, Dosinia lawsoni, Dosinia lechuzaensis, Dosinia longula, Dosinia lupina, Dosinia mastrichtiensis, Dosinia mercenaroidea, Dosinia meridonalis, Dosinia morani, Dosinia nomurai, Dosinia orbicularis, Dosinia pertenuis, Dosinia ponderosa, Dosinia protojuvenilis, Dosinia santana, Dosinia scalaris, Dosinia sculpta, Dosinia semiobliterata, Dosinia tugaruana, Dosinia (Dosinidia) elegans, Dosinidia palmerae, Dosinia (Dosinidia) margaritana, Dosinia (Dosinidia) dalli, Dosinia (Artemis) tenuis, Artemis lincta, Artemis lenticularis, Artemis orbignyi, Artemis lentiformis

Subtaxa: Dosinia (Asa) pseudoargus

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Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Belgium (2 collections), Pakistan (1)

• Pliocene of Belgium (5), New Zealand (2), Pakistan (3)

• Miocene of Germany (1), India (4), Pakistan (2)

Total: 20 collections each including a single occurrence

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