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Marcia

Classification

    Phylum:  
Mollusca
    Class:  
Bivalvia
    Subclass:  
Heterodonta
    Order:  
Veneroida
    Superfamily:  
Veneracea (Venus clams)
    Family:  
Veneridae
    Subfamily:  
Tapetinae
    Formal Genus Name and Reference:  
Marcia H.ADAMS & A.ADAMS, 1857
    Type Species:  
[*"Venus pinguis CHEMNITZ" (nonbinom.) (=*V. opima GMELlN, 1791); SD KOBELT, 1881]


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Synonyms

Hemitapes, Levimarcia


Geographic Distribution

N.Am.-Afr.-E.Indies-Australia-Eu.


Age Range

    Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:  
Eoc.
    Beginning International Stage:  
Ypresian
    Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:  
0
    Beginning Date:  
56
    Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:  
Rec.
    Ending International Stage:  
Meghalayan
    Fraction Up In Ending Stage:  
100
    Ending Date:  
0


Description

Ovate-cordate, inflated, smooth, lunule convex, escutcheon depressed but not sharply delimited, cardinal teeth radiating, 1, 2b, 3b bifid, pallial sinus oval, horizontal




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