Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae

Alternative combination: Cardium (Trigoniocardia) carolinae

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 Trigoniocardia according to A. J. W. Hendy et al. 2008

See also Maury 1912

Sister taxa: Cardium (Trigoniocardia) ballenium, Cardium (Trigoniocardia) cabopasadum, Cardium (Trigoniocardia) gadsdenense, Trigoniocardia (Apiocardia), Trigoniocardia (Goniacardia), Trigoniocardia (Trigoniocardia), Trigoniocardia cordeliae, Trigoniocardia graniferum, Trigoniocardia heredia, Trigoniocardia sambaicum

Type specimen: PRI (unknown number), a shell

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at 1000 ft W of Brighton Pier (Miocene of Trinidad and Tobago)

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