Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae
Full reference: C. J. Maury. 1912. A contribution to the paleontology of Trinidad. Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 15:1-112
Belongs to Venericardia according to C. J. Maury 1912
Sister taxa: Cardita (Venericardia) frauscheri, Cardita (Venericardia) laurae, Cardita (Venericardia) pseudonodulosa, Venericardia (Clairbornicardia), Venericardia (Leuroactis), Venericardia (Pacificor), Venericardia (Rotundicardia), Venericardia (Venericardia), Venericardia (Venericor), Venericardia aizyensis, Venericardia ameghinorum, Venericardia ameliae, Venericardia angusticosta, Venericardia apodensata, Venericardia barroneti, Venericardia bistrovi, Venericardia bonificae, Venericardia brassica, Venericardia buruca, Venericardia camachoi, Venericardia capricornis, Venericardia carolinensis, Venericardia complanata, Venericardia complexicosta, Venericardia costagranosa, Venericardia crossensis, Venericardia domenginica, Venericardia eoa, Venericardia ewekoroensis, Venericardia gulielmi, Venericardia hamiltonensis, Venericardia heterocostata, Venericardia hornii, Venericardia imbricata, Venericardia inflatior, Venericardia ionensis, Venericardia isaurae, Venericardia jaquinoti, Venericardia juneri, Venericardia koerti, Venericardia maudensis, Venericardia minuta, Venericardia natchitoches, Venericardia nauliensis, Venericardia nodifera, Venericardia olga, Venericardia pakistanica, Venericardia perimetra, Venericardia philotima, Venericardia praecisa, Venericardia pseudowilmotii, Venericardia rosii, Venericardia semiinflata, Venericardia simillina, Venericardia simplex, Venericardia soriensis, Venericardia stewarti, Venericardia tabligboensis, Venericardia thalassoplekta, Venericardia thaleia, Venericardia togoensis, Venericardia tokudai, Venericardia tortidens, Venericardia trinidadensis, Venericardia vicksburgiana, Venericardia waynensis, Venericardia yakatagensis
Type specimen: PRI (unknown number), a partial shell
Ecology: facultatively mobile shallow infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Bed No. 8, Soldado Rock (Eocene of Trinidad and Tobago)
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