Trigoniocardia (Americardia) avona Richards 1953 (cockle)

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae

Alternative combination: Cardium (Anthocardia) avonum

Belongs to Trigoniocardia (Americardia) according to K. V. Palmer and D. C. Brann 1965

Sister taxa: Americardia burnsii, Americardia columbella, Americardia guanacastense, Americardia guppyi, Americardia lightbourni, Americardia media, Trigoniocardia (Americardia) protoaliculum, Trigoniocardia (Americardia) silvacollina

Type specimen: FGS I-7575, a shell. Its type locality is Florida Geological Survey L-76, Avon Park Limestone, Levy Co., FL, which is in a Lutetian marine limestone in the Avon Park Formation of Florida.

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Eocene of United States (2: Florida collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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