Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Full reference: H. E. Vokes. 1982. Notes on the fauna of the Chipola Formation - XXVI: A new species of Trachycardium from Tenmile Creek. Tulane Studies in Geology and Paleontology 17(2):55-56
Belongs to Trachycardium according to H. E. Vokes 1982
Sister taxa: Cardium (Trachycardium) greenhoughi, Cardium (Trachycardium) mamillatum, Cardium (Trachycardium) minbuense, Cardium (Trachycardium) ochilleanum, Cardium (Trachycardium) polycolpatum, Cardium (Trachycardium) protosubrugosum, Cardium (Trachycardium) riachuelense, Cardium (Trachycardium) sindiense, Trachycardium (Mexicardia), Trachycardium (Phlogocardia), Trachycardium (Regozara), Trachycardium (Trachycardium), Trachycardium cotteri, Trachycardium egmontianum, Trachycardium enode, Trachycardium eufaulensis, Trachycardium eversum, Trachycardium halaense, Trachycardium isocardia, Trachycardium kinsmarae, Trachycardium lacunosum, Trachycardium multiradiatum, Trachycardium planicostata, Trachycardium puelchum, Trachycardium reynoldsi, Trachycardium rugosum, Trachycardium syriacum, Trachycardium thalassium, Cardium (Granocardium) sabulosum
Type specimen: USNM 340287, a shell. Its type locality is TU 951 - Tenmile Creek, which is in a Burdigalian marine marl/sandstone in the Chipola Formation of Florida.
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at TU 951 - Tenmile Creek
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