Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Alternative spelling: Meretrix (Flaventia)
Parent taxon: Tapetinae according to H. E. Vokes 1980
See also Douvillé 1916 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Cyclorisma, Cyclorismina, Eumarcia, Gomphina, Granicorium, Irus, Katelysia, Legumen, Liocyma, Marcia, Mercimonia, Paphia, Retrotapes, Ruditapes, Sinonia, Tapes, Textivenus, Venerella, Veneritapes
Subtaxa: Flaventia kukpowrukensis Meretrix (Flaventia) brongniarti Meretrix (Flaventia) deserti Meretrix (Flaventia) orientalis
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Egypt (6 collections), Italy (1), Libya (4), the Russian Federation (1), Spain (1), the United Kingdom (1), United States (24: Alaska, California, Kansas, New Mexico, Texas)
Total: 38 collections including 44 occurrences
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