Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae
Full reference: F. Etayo-Serna. 1979. La fauna de moluscos del Paleoceno de Colombia. Moluscos de una capa del Paleoceno de Manatial (Guajira). Boletín de Geología 13(27):5-55
Belongs to Baluchicardia according to F. Etayo-Serna 1979
Sister taxa: Baluchicardia francescae, Baluchicardia obliquata, Venericardia (Baluchicardia) amplicrenata, Venericardia (Baluchicardia) bulla, Venericardia (Baluchicardia) greggiana, Venericardia (Baluchicardia) hesperia, Venericardia (Baluchicardia) moa, Venericardia (Baluchicardia) whitei, Venericardia (Baluchicardia) wilcoxensis
Type specimen: UCMP 14714, a shell. Its type locality is UCMP C-14091, Manantial, which is in a Selandian paralic sandstone in the Manantial Formation of Colombia.
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Paleocene of Colombia (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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