Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae

Alternative combinations: Venus (Ventricoloidea) newtoni, Venus newtoni

Belongs to Eurhomalea according to J. D. Stilwell and W. J. Zinsmeister 1992

Sister taxa: Eurhomalea antarctica, Eurhomalea difficilis, Eurhomalea florentinoi, Eurhomalea fuenzalidai, Eurhomalea inflata, Eurhomalea navidadiformis, Eurhomalea rufa

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder