†Trigoniocardia (Goniacardia) melajoensis Jung 1969 (cockle)
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Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Alternative combination: Trigoniocardia (Trigoniocardia) melajoensis
Belongs to Trigoniocardia (Goniacardia) according to H. E. Vokes 1989
See also Woodring 1982
Sister taxon: Trigoniocardia (Goniacardia) callopleurum
Type specimen: USNM 645354, a shell
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Miocene of the Dominican Republic (2 collections), Trinidad and Tobago (2)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
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