Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Alternative combinations: Cardium (Papyridea) brooksi, Clinocardium brooksi
Full reference: B. L. Clark. 1932. Fauna of the Poul and Yakataga Formations (Upper Oligocene) of Southern Alaska. Bulletin of the Geological Society of America 43:797-846
Belongs to Ciliatocardium according to A. I. Kafanov 2002
Sister taxa: Ciliatocardium ainuanum, Ciliatocardium asagaiense, Ciliatocardium carlsbergianum, Ciliatocardium ermanensis, Ciliatocardium evsseevi, Ciliatocardium hataii, Ciliatocardium iwatense, Ciliatocardium matchgarense, Ciliatocardium moorae, Ciliatocardium mutuense, Ciliatocardium obstinatus, Ciliatocardium sachalinense, Ciliatocardium schmidti, Ciliatocardium shinjiense, Ciliatocardium smekhovi, Clinocardium (Ciliatocardium) ciliatum, Clinocardium (Ciliatocardium) makiyamae, Clinocardium (Ciliatocardium) yakatagense
Type specimen: UCMP 30402, a shell. Its type locality is UCMP 3850 Hamilton Creek, which is in a Chattian marine horizon in the Poul Creek Formation of Alaska.
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Oligocene of United States (5: Alaska collections)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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