Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae
Full reference: L. W. Ward. 1992. Molluscan biostratigraphy of the Miocene Middle Atlantic Coastal Plain of North America. Virginia Museum of Natural History 2
Belongs to Cyclocardia according to L. W. Ward 1992
Sister taxa: Cardita (Cyclocardia) steinkei, Cyclocardia (Arcturellina), Cyclocardia (Cyclocardia), Cyclocardia (Plionema), Cyclocardia (Scalaricardita), Cyclocardia (Vimentum), Cyclocardia abesinaiensis, Cyclocardia akagii, Cyclocardia borealis, Cyclocardia castor, Cyclocardia castrana, Cyclocardia christiei, Cyclocardia compressa, Cyclocardia dodairensis, Cyclocardia granulata, Cyclocardia hannai, Cyclocardia hannibali, Cyclocardia kurilensis, Cyclocardia mesembria, Cyclocardia moniligena, Cyclocardia novangliae, Cyclocardia pseutella, Cyclocardia spurca, Cyclocardia subtenta, Cyclocardia terryi, Cyclocardia tokunagai, Cyclocardia velutinus, Cyclocardia yoshidai, Cyclocardia zuliana, Venericardia (Cyclocardia) ferruginea, Venericardia (Cyclocardia) harukii, Venericardia (Cyclocardia) otatsumei, Venericardia (Cyclocardia) yokoyamai
Type specimen: USNM 405230
Ecology: facultatively mobile semi-infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Oligocene of United States (3: North Carolina collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
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