Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Alternative combinations: Cardium (Trigoniocardia) samanicum, Schedocardia gatunensis samanica
Full reference: A. A. Olsson. 1928. Contributions to the Tertiary paleontology of northern Peru: Part 1. Bulletins of American Paleontology 14(52)
Belongs to Trigoniocardia (Trigoniocardia) according to A. J. W. Hendy et al. 2008
See also Olsson 1928 and Woodring 1982
Sister taxa: Trigoniocardia (Trigoniocardia) aliculum, Trigoniocardia (Trigoniocardia) aminensis, Trigoniocardia (Trigoniocardia) haitensis, Trigoniocardia (Trigoniocardia) hannai, Trigoniocardia (Trigoniocardia) minutissima
Type specimen: PRI 3586, a shell. Its type locality is Casa Saman [Saman Fm], which is in an Eocene coastal sandstone/conglomerate in the Saman Formation of Peru.
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Casa Saman [Saman Fm]
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