Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Alternative combination: Cardium (Cerastoderma) phlyctaena
Belongs to Trachycardium (Dallocardia) according to W. P. Woodring 1982
See also Mansfield 1940
Sister taxa: Dallocardia quadragenarium, Dallocardia senticosum, Dallocardia vaquerosense, Dallocardia woodringi, Trachycardium (Dallocardia) baiterum, Trachycardium (Dallocardia) bowdenense, Trachycardium (Dallocardia) dominicense, Trachycardium (Dallocardia) muricatum, Trachycardium (Dallocardia) puebloense, Trachycardium (Dallocardia) sagaseri, Trachycardium (Dallocardia) tintinnabularum
Type specimen: USNM 157570, a shell
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Miocene of Panama (11 collections)
• Oligocene to Miocene of United States (5: Florida)
• Oligocene of Panama (1), United States (1: Florida)
Total: 18 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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