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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	18391	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=18391

Rank

genus (PBDB)

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Veneroidei : Veneridae : Venus

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Bilateria
-	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
-	Protostomia	Grobben 1908
-	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca	Linnaeus 1758
class	Bivalvia	Linnaeus 1758
-	Eubivalvia	Carter 2011
subclass	Autobranchia
infraclass	Heteroconchia
-	Cardiomorphi	Ferussac 1822
-	Cardioni	Ferussac 1822
-	Cardiidia	Ferussac 1822
-	Cardiata	Ferussac 1822
superorder	Cardiiformii	Ferussac 1822
order	Cardiida	Ferussac 1822
suborder	Cardiidina	Ferussac 1822
-	Veneroidei
-	Veneroitei	Gray 1854
superfamily	Veneroidea
family	Veneridae	Rafinesque 1815
subfamily	Venerinae	Rafinesque 1815
genus	Venus	Linnaeus 1758

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Venus	genus	belongs to Venerinae	stated without evidence	Glenn, 1904
Venus	genus	belongs to Veneridae	stated without evidence	Clark and Arnold, 1923
Venus	genus	belongs to Venerinae	stated with evidence	Gardner, 1943
Venus	genus	belongs to Veneridae	stated without evidence	Marasti, 1973
Venus	genus	belongs to Venerinae	stated with evidence	Vokes, 1980
Venus	genus	belongs to Venerinae	stated without evidence	Gazdzicki and Pugaczewska, 1984
Venus	genus	belongs to Veneridae	stated without evidence	Wienrich, 1999
Venus	genus	belongs to Veneroida	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002
Venus	genus	belongs to Veneridae	stated without evidence	Bouchet et al., 2010

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Extant Size (PBDB)

6 (18%)

First Recorded Appearance

237 - 201 Ma
Mesozoic

Motility

facultatively mobile (based on Veneridae)

Vision

blind (based on Bivalvia)

Diet

suspension feeder (based on Veneridae)

Taphonomy

aragonite (based on Veneridae)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

C. Linnaeus. 1758. Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Editio Decima 1:1-824

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Venus (Mioclausinella) ✝ subgenus	listed (PBDB)
Venus (Ventricoloidea) subgenus	listed (PBDB)	115	28.1 Ma Oligocene	0 Ma Extant
Venus (Venus) subgenus	listed (PBDB)	16	105 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous	0 Ma Extant
Venus analoga ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Venus anceps ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Venus arcotensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Venus biplicata ✝ species	listed (PBDB)	1	237 Ma Middle Triassic	237 Ma Middle Triassic
Venus chilensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Venus cleryana ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Venus conformis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Venus crenatula species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)			0 Ma Extant
Venus cythereaeformis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Venus deleta ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Venus delicatula ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Venus depressa ✝ species	listed (PBDB)	2	209 Ma Late/Upper Triassic	209 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Panchione mactropsis species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Venus eximia ✝ species	listed (PBDB)
Venus fallaciosa ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Venus foveolata species	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	3	5.33 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Venus geslini ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Venus inopinata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Venus insula ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Venus martini ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Venus mekranica ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	4	33.9 Ma Oligocene	5.33 Ma Miocene
Venus mitsuiana ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	41.3 Ma Eocene	41.3 Ma Eocene
Venus petricosa ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Venus quadrata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Venus retisculpta ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Venus sulcata ✝ species	listed (PBDB)
Venus turgescens ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Venus vespertina ✝ species	listed (PBDB)
Venus victoriana ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	28.1 Ma Oligocene	28.1 Ma Oligocene

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1758	Venus Linnaeus p. 684
1904	Venus Glenn p. 304
1923	Venus Clark and Arnold p. 148
1943	Venus Gardner pp. 127, 129
1973	Venus Marasti p. 109
1980	Venus Vokes p. 168

Year	Name and Author
1984	Venus Gazdzicki and Pugaczewska p. 104
1984	Venus Pugaczewska p. 55
1988	Venus Freneix et al. p. 432
1999	Venus Wienrich p. 252
2002	Venus Sepkoski, Jr.
2010	Venus Bouchet et al.

References

Linnaeus C. , Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Editio Decima 1, 1-824 doi:10.5962/bhl.title.542

Glenn L. C. (1904) Pelecypoda, Maryland Geological Survey Miocene Text, 274-401

Clark B. L., Arnold R. (1923) Fauna of the Sooke Formation Vancouver Island, University of California Publications, Bulletin of the Department of Geological Sciences 14 5, 123-234

Gardner J. A. (1943) Mollusca from the Miocene and Lower Pliocene of Virginia and North Carolina, United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 199 A

Marasti R. (1973) La fauna tortoniana del T. Stirone (limite Parmense-Piacentino), Bollettino della Societa Paleontologica Italiana 12 1, 76-120

Vokes H. E. (1980) Genera of the Bivalvia: a systematic and bibliographic Catalogue, Genera of the Bivalvia: a systematic and bibliographic Catalogue

Gazdzicki A, Pugaczewska H (1984) Biota of the "Pecten Conglomerate" (Polenez Cove Formation, Pliocene) of King George Island (South Shetland Islands, Antarctica), Studia Geologica Polonica 79, 59-120

Pugaczewska H. (1984) Tertiary Bivalvia and Scaphopoda from glaciomarine deposits at Magda Nunatak, King George Island (South Shetland Islands, Antarctica), Studia Geologica Polonica 29, 53-58

Freneix S., Saint Martin J.-P., et al (1988) Bivalves Hétérodontes du Messinien d'Oranie (Algérie occidentale), Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle Section C: Sciences de la Terre 9 4, 415-453

Wienrich G. (1999) Die Fauna des marinen Miozäns von Kevelaer (Niederrhein). Band 2 Bivalvia, Scaphopoda, Cephalopoda, Bryozoa, Annelida, Brachiopoda, Backhuys Publishers, Leiden 2, 188-384

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560

Bouchet P., Rocroi J.-P., et al (2010) Nomenclator of Bivalve Families with a Classification of Bivalve Families, Malacologia 52 2, 1-184 doi:10.4002/040.052.0201

Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!

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