Cardita (Cardita) gabrielensis Clark and Durham 1946 (clam)

Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae

Full reference: B. L. Clark and J. W. Durham. 1946. Eocene Faunas from the Department of Bolivar, Colombia. Geological Society of America Memoir 16:1-126

Belongs to Cardita (Cardita) according to B. L. Clark and J. W. Durham 1946

Sister taxa: Cardita (Cardita) calyculata, Cardita (Cardita) crassa, Cardita (Cardita) seminolensis, Cardita (Cardita) superioris, Cardita (Cardita) vindobonensis

Type specimen: UCMP 34852, a shell

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at UC S60 (Eocene of Colombia)

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