Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae
Alternative combinations: Cardita scabricostata, Venericardia scabricostata
Belongs to Cardita (Glans) according to F. M. Anderson 1929
See also Dall 1903, Olsson 1922 and Woodring 1925
Sister taxa: Cardita (Glans) quilonensis, Glans (Centrocardita), Glans (Glans), Glans carpenteri, Glans gracilicostata, Glans polynema, Glans rovereti, Glans scabrosa, Glans tasmanica, Glans weaveri
Type specimen: BMNH 64087, a shell
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Costa Rica (5 collections), the Dominican Republic (1), Jamaica (5)
• Miocene to Pliocene of the Dominican Republic (4)
• Miocene of the Dominican Republic (1)
• Eocene of United States (4: Florida)
Total: 20 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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