Retrotapes del Rio 1997 (venus clam)
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Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Parent taxon: Tapetinae according to G. Rosenberg 2005
See also Nielson and Valdovinos 2008
Sister taxa: Cyclorisma, Cyclorismina, Eumarcia, Flaventia, Gomphina, Granicorium, Irus, Katelysia, Legumen, Liocyma, Marcia, Mercimonia, Paphia, Ruditapes, Sinonia, Tapes, Textivenus, Venerella, Veneritapes
Subtaxa: Retrotapes exalbida Retrotapes hanetianus
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Argentina (2 collections), Chile (1)
• Pliocene to Holocene of Chile (1)
• Pliocene of Chile (6)
• Miocene of Argentina (8)
• Oligocene to Miocene of Argentina (1)
Total: 19 collections including 20 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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