Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Alternative combination: Cardium (Laevicardium) compressum
Belongs to Laevicardium according to A. J. W. Hendy et al. 2008
See also Gardner 1947
Sister taxa: Cardium (Laevicardium) alaskensis, Cardium (Laevicardium) melvilli, Cardium (Laevicardium) mortoni, Cardium (Laevicardium) unicolor, Laevicardium (Habecardium), Laevicardium (Laevicardium), Laevicardium biradiatum, Laevicardium crassum, Laevicardium ecuadoriale, Laevicardium elatum, Laevicardium etheringtoni, Laevicardium leptorimum, Laevicardium lobulatum, Laevicardium multipunctatum, Laevicardium nemocardiforme, Laevicardium oblongum, Laevicardium papyraceum, Laevicardium pictum, Laevicardium pristis, Laevicardium serratum, Laevicardium substriatum, Laevicardium sybariticum, Laevicardium tristiculum, Laevicardium venustulum, Laevicardium vitellinum, Dinocardium (Exocardium) chipolanum
Type specimen: USNM 114769, a shell
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Miocene of United States (9: Florida collections)
Total: 9 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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