Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae
Alternative combinations: Cardita (Bryssomera) affinis, Cardita affinis, Carditamera (Bryssomera) affinis, Glans affinis
Synonyms: Cardita californica Deshayes 1854, Cardita volucris Reeve 1843
Belongs to Carditamera according to E. V. Coan and P. Valentich-Scott 2012
See also Moore 1992
Sister taxa: Cardita (Carditamera) newelli, Cardita (Carditamera) prestoni, Cardita (Carditamera) recta, Cardita (Carditamera) tegea, Cardita (Carditamera) vaughani, Carditamera (Carditamera), Carditamera (Lazariella), Carditamera aculeata, Carditamera arata, Carditamera aspera, Carditamera catharia, Carditamera floridana, Carditamera matima, Carditamera plata, Carditamera radiata, Carditamera tegea, Carditamera vaughani, Carditamera virginiae, Carditamera williamsi
Ecology: stationary infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Mexico (4 collections), Panama (1)
• Pliocene of Trinidad and Tobago (4)
Total: 9 collections including 10 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
Click image to enlarge. Click to access iDigBio record.