Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Alternative combination: Cardium guppyi
Synonym: Cardium (Fragum) elattocostatum Woodring 1925
Belongs to Americardia according to H. E. Vokes 1989
Sister taxa: Americardia burnsii, Americardia columbella, Americardia guanacastense, Americardia lightbourni, Americardia media, Trigoniocardia (Americardia) avona, Trigoniocardia (Americardia) protoaliculum, Trigoniocardia (Americardia) silvacollina
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Cayman Islands (3 collections), Jamaica (2)
• Pliocene of the Dominican Republic (2), Jamaica (3), Venezuela (1)
• Miocene to Pliocene of the Dominican Republic (1)
• Miocene of the Dominican Republic (2)
Total: 14 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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