Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae
Alternative combination: Cardita matima
Full reference: A. A. Olsson. 1922. The Miocene of Northern Costa Rica. Bulletins of American Paleontology 9(39):1-309
Belongs to Carditamera according to A. J. W. Hendy et al. 2008
See also Olsson 1922
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 plata, Carditamera radiata, Carditamera tegea, Carditamera vaughani, Carditamera virginiae, Carditamera williamsi
Type specimen: Its type locality is Old Man Sam Creek, which is in a Pliocene marine siliciclastic in Costa Rica
Ecology: stationary infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Old Man Sam Creek
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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