†Pliocardia Woodring 1925 (clam)
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Bivalvia - Cardiida - Vesicomyidae
Parent taxon: Pliocardiinae according to K. Amano et al. 2019
See also Amano and Kiel 2007, Bouchet et al. 2010, Sepkoski 2002 and Vokes 1980
Sister taxon: Adulomya
Subtaxa: Pliocardia bowdeniana Pliocardia stearnsii
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of United States (1: California collection)
• Pliocene of Jamaica (2)
• Oligocene of Colombia (1), United States (1: Washington)
• Eocene of United States (1: Washington)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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