Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae
Alternative combinations: Cardita paraguanensis, Venericardia paraguanensis
Belongs to Glyptoactis according to A. J. W. Hendy et al. 2015
See also Jung 1965
Sister taxa: Glyptoactis (Claibornicardia), Glyptoactis (Fasciculicardia), Glyptoactis (Glyptoactis), Glyptoactis alticostata, Venericardia (Glyptoactis) aversa, Venericardia (Glyptoactis) carmenensis, Venericardia (Glyptoactis) charanalensis, Venericardia (Glyptoactis) hadra, Venericardia (Glyptoactis) metaicha, Venericardia (Glyptoactis) mutabilis, Venericardia (Glyptoactis) serricosta, Venericardia (Glyptoactis) stenygra
Type specimen: PRI 24145, a shell
Ecology: facultatively mobile shallow infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Miocene of Colombia (35 collections), Venezuela (1)
• Oligocene of Venezuela (1)
Total: 37 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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