Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Alternative combinations: Cardium (Trachycardium) dominicense, Trachycardium (Trachycardium) dominicense
Synonym: Cardium (Trachycardium) gatunense Toula 1901
Belongs to Trachycardium (Dallocardia) according to H. E. Vokes 1989
See also Anderson 1929, Brown and Pilsbry 1911, Olsson 1922, Olsson 1964, Vokes 1982 and Woodring 1982
Sister taxa: Dallocardia quadragenarium, Dallocardia senticosum, Dallocardia vaquerosense, Dallocardia woodringi, Trachycardium (Dallocardia) baiterum, Trachycardium (Dallocardia) bowdenense, Trachycardium (Dallocardia) muricatum, Trachycardium (Dallocardia) phlyctaena, Trachycardium (Dallocardia) puebloense, Trachycardium (Dallocardia) sagaseri, Trachycardium (Dallocardia) tintinnabularum
Subtaxa: Trachycardium (Dallocardia) dominicense hadratatum
Type specimens:
- Trachycardium (Dallocardia) dominicense: ANSP 2764, a shell
- Cardium (Trachycardium) gatunense:
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Costa Rica (1 collection)
• Miocene of the Dominican Republic (2), Ecuador (2), Panama (25), Venezuela (1)
• Oligocene of Panama (2)
Total: 33 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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