Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Alternative combinations: Cardium heredium, Corculum (Trigoniocardia) heredium
Full reference: A. A. Olsson. 1922. The Miocene of Northern Costa Rica. Bulletins of American Paleontology 9(39):1-309
Belongs to Trigoniocardia according to A. J. W. Hendy et al. 2008
See also Oinomikado 1939 and Olsson 1922
Sister taxa: Cardium (Trigoniocardia) ballenium, Cardium (Trigoniocardia) cabopasadum, Cardium (Trigoniocardia) gadsdenense, Trigoniocardia (Apiocardia), Trigoniocardia (Goniacardia), Trigoniocardia (Trigoniocardia), Trigoniocardia carolinae, Trigoniocardia cordeliae, Trigoniocardia graniferum, Trigoniocardia sambaicum
Subtaxa: Corculum (Trigoniocardia) heredium ohomachii
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Colombia (2 collections), Costa Rica (2)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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