Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Full reference: A. A. Olsson. 1928. Contributions to the Tertiary paleontology of northern Peru: Part 1. Bulletins of American Paleontology 14(52)
Belongs to Callocardia according to A. A. Olsson 1928
Sister taxa: Callocardia (Agriopoma), Callocardia (Atopodonta), Callocardia (Callocardia), Callocardia (Nitidavenus), Callocardia guttata, Callocardia simiensis, Callocardia sinedepressa
Type specimen: Its type locality is Negritos [Salina Fm], which is in a Lutetian coastal sandstone in the Salina Formation of Peru
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Eocene of Peru (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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