Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae

Full reference: P. A. Maxwell. 1978. Taxonomic and nomenclatural notes on some New Zealand Cenozoic Mollusca, with descriptions of new taxa. New Zealand Journal of Zoology 5(1):15-46

Belongs to Hedecardium (Titanocardium) according to J. A. Schneider 2002

Sister taxa: Hedecardium (Titanocardium) cantuariense, Hedecardium (Titanocardium) greyi

Type specimen: Its type locality is Rockfall Beach, which is in a Lillburnian marine sandstone in the Park Bluff Formation of New Zealand

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Rockfall Beach

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