Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Alternative combinations: Cardium kirkerensis, Ciliatocardium kirkerensis
Full reference: B. L. Clark. 1918. The San Lorenzo series of Middle California. a stratigraphic and paleontologic study of the San Lorenzo Oligocene series of the general region of Mount Diablo, California. University of California Publications Bulletin of the Department of Geology 11(2):45-234
Belongs to Acanthocardia (Acanthocardia) according to E. J. Moore 2003
See also Clark 1918, Kafanov 2002 and Moore 1992
Sister taxa: Acanthocardia (Acanthocardia) aculeata, Acanthocardia (Acanthocardia) echinata, Acanthocardia (Acanthocardia) reedi
Type specimen: UCMP 11165, a shell
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Acanthocardia (Acanthocardia) kirkerensis in the database
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