Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae

Alternative combination: Cardita (Carditamera) virginiae

Full reference: C. J. Maury. 1912. A contribution to the paleontology of Trinidad. Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 15:1-112

Belongs to Carditamera according to A. J. W. Hendy et al. 2008

See also Maury 1912

Sister taxa: Cardita (Carditamera) newelli, Cardita (Carditamera) prestoni, Cardita (Carditamera) recta, Cardita (Carditamera) tegea, Cardita (Carditamera) vaughani, Carditamera (Carditamera), Carditamera (Lazariella), Carditamera aculeata, Carditamera affinis, Carditamera arata, Carditamera aspera, Carditamera catharia, Carditamera floridana, Carditamera matima, Carditamera plata, Carditamera radiata, Carditamera tegea, Carditamera vaughani, Carditamera williamsi

Type specimen: PRI (unknown number), a shell

Ecology: stationary infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at 56.75 mile post, Pitch Lake, Brighton (Oligocene of Trinidad and Tobago)

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