Bivalvia - Venerida - Veneridae
Parent taxon: Tapetinae according to G. Rosenberg 2005
See also Nielson and Valdovinos 2008 and Pérez et al. 2026
Sister taxa: Adelfia, Amakusatapes, Cyclorisma, Cyclorismina, Eumarcia, Flaventia, Gomphina, Granicorium, Irus, Katelysia, Legumen, Liocyma, Marcia, Marciachlys, Mercimonia, Paphia, Ruditapes, Sinonia, Tapes, Textivenus, Venerella, Veneritapes
Subtaxa: Retrotapes exalbida Retrotapes hanetianus Retrotapes lenticularis Retrotapes ninfasiensis
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Argentina (2 collections), Chile (7), Peru (8)
• Pliocene to Holocene of Chile (1)
• Pliocene of Chile (6), Peru (1)
• Miocene of Argentina (9)
• Oligocene to Miocene of Argentina (1)
Total: 35 collections including 36 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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