Cyclocardia (Cyclocardia) kirkerensis Clark 1918 (clam)

Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae

Alternative combination: Cyclocardia kirkerensis

Full reference: B. L. Clark. 1918. The San Lorenzo series of Middle California. a stratigraphic and paleontologic study of the San Lorenzo Oligocene series of the general region of Mount Diablo, California. University of California Publications Bulletin of the Department of Geology 11(2):45-234

Belongs to Cyclocardia (Cyclocardia) according to E. J. Moore 1992

Sister taxa: Cyclocardia (Cyclocardia) hannibali, Cyclocardia (Cyclocardia) montereyana

Type specimen: UCMP 11165, a shell

Ecology: facultatively mobile semi-infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Cyclocardia (Cyclocardia) kirkerensis in the database

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