Fulvia vepris Vidal and Kirkendale 2007 (cockle)

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae

Full reference: J. Vidal and L. A. Kirkendale. 2007. Ten new species of Cardiidae (Mollusca, Bivalvia) from New Caledonia and the tropical western Pacific. Zoosystema 29(1):83-107

Belongs to Fulvia according to J. Vidal and L. A. Kirkendale 2007

Sister taxa: Fulvia aperta, Fulvia australis, Fulvia boholensis, Fulvia colorata, Fulvia dulcis, Fulvia fragiformis, Fulvia fragilis, Fulvia hungerfordi, Fulvia lineonotata, Fulvia mutica, Fulvia nienkeae, Fulvia racketti, Fulvia scalata, Fulvia subquadrata, Fulvia tenuicostata, Fulvia undatopictum

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Fulvia vepris in the database

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