Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae
Alternative combination: Venericardia carsonensis
Full reference: W. H. Dall. 1903. Contributions to the Tertiary Fauna of Florida (Part 6). Transactions of the Wagner Free Institute of Science of Philadelphia 3(6):1219-1654
Belongs to Venericardia (Rotundicardia) according to D. T. Dockery 1982
See also Dall 1903
Sister taxa: Venericardia (Rotundicardia) diversidentata, Venericardia (Rotundicardia) eoa, Venericardia (Rotundicardia) rotunda
Ecology: facultatively mobile shallow infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Oligocene of Mexico (3 collections), United States (21: Mississippi)
• Eocene of United States (2: Louisiana)
Total: 26 collections each including a single occurrence
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