Bivalvia - Cardiida - Kalenteridae
Alternative combination: Cardinia cuneata
Synonym: Cardinia exilis M'Coy 1847
Full reference: J. D. Dana. 1847. Descriptions of fossil shells of the collections of the exploring expedition under the command of Charles Wilkes, USN, obtained in Australia, from the lower layers of the coal formation in Illawarra, and from a deposit probably of nearly the same age at Harper's Hill, Valley of the Hunter. American Journal of Science and Arts, Second Series 4:151-160
Belongs to Stutchburia according to J. B. Waterhouse 1988
See also Dana 1847, Dana 1849 and M'Coy 1847
Sister taxa: Pleurophorus pinnaformis, Stutchburia brasiliensis, Stutchburia compressa, Stutchburia costata, Stutchburia dianensis, Stutchburia etheridgei, Stutchburia farleyensis, Stutchburia guangdongensis, Stutchburia hoskingae, Stutchburia hunanensis, Stutchburia jiangxiensis, Stutchburia modioliformis, Stutchburia muderongensis, Stutchburia obliqua, Stutchburia oblonga, Stutchburia pallasi, Stutchburia recta, Stutchburia sangallii, Stutchburia simplex, Stutchburia sonorensis, Stutchburia tschernyschewi, Stutchburia variabilis, Stutchburia veneris, Netschajewia anshunensis, Netschajewia jiangsuensis, Netschajewia svilajiensis, Netschajewia fenghaiensis, Netschajewia elongata
Type specimens:
- Stutchburia cuneata: USNM 3672. Its type locality is Wollongong Point, Illawarra (USNM coll), which is in a Wordian coastal siliciclastic in the Gerringong Formation of Australia.
- Cardinia exilis: Its type locality is Wollongong (W.B. Clarke coll), which is in a Wordian marine sandstone in the Gerringong Formation of Australia.
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of Australia (3 collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
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