Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae
Alternative combination: Venericardia (Pteromeris) acaris
Full reference: W. H. Dall. 1903. Contributions to the Tertiary Fauna of Florida (Part 6). Transactions of the Wagner Free Institute of Science of Philadelphia 3(6):1219-1654
Belongs to Pleuromeris according to W. P. Woodring 1982
See also Dall 1903
Sister taxa: Pleuromeris (Choniocardia), Pleuromeris archaenepeanenesis, Pleuromeris auroraensis, Pleuromeris conradiana, Pleuromeris decemcostata, Pleuromeris elegantoides, Pleuromeris finlayi, Pleuromeris hectori, Pleuromeris inflatior, Pleuromeris inflator, Pleuromeris instata, Pleuromeris kapuaensis, Pleuromeris marshalli, Pleuromeris murdochi, Pleuromeris otamateaensis, Pleuromeris paucicostata, Pleuromeris pecten, Pleuromeris prolutea, Pleuromeris tridentata, Pleuromeris waitotarana, Venericardia (Pleuromeris) parva, Venericardia (Pleuromeris) scitula, Venericardia (Pleuromeris) scituloides, Venericardia (Pleuromeris) tellia, Venericardia (Pleuromeris) tortidens
Ecology: facultatively mobile semi-infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Jamaica (3 collections)
• Miocene of Panama (1), Trinidad and Tobago (1), Venezuela (1)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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