Venerupis Lamarck, 1818
(carpet shells)

Venerupis (carpet shells) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
GenusVenerupis (carpet shells)
FamilyVENERIDAE (carpet and venus shells)
SuperfamilyVENEROIDEA (Venus clams & carpet shells)
OrderVENEROIDA (veneroids)
InfraclassEuheterodonta (an infraclass of molluscs)
SubclassHETERODONTA (a subclass of bivalve molluscs)
ClassBIVALVIA (bivalves)
PhylumMOLLUSCA (slugs, snails, bivalves, octopus, sea slugs)
SuperphylumLOPHOTROCHOZOA (molluscs and relatives)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Venerupis (carpet shells)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
Anon 2008 Distinguishing between the species of Carpet Shells found in Britain

Venerupis (carpet shells) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Venerupis (carpet shells):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 35 images of Venerupis (carpet shells)
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