Bivalvia - Carditida - Cardiniidae

Full reference: W. M. Gabb. 1870. Descriptions of some secondary fossils from the Pacific states. American Journal of Conchology 5:5-18

Belongs to Cardinia according to J. P. Smith 1927

See also Gabb 1870

Sister taxa: Cardinia andium, Cardinia concinna, Cardinia gibbosum, Cardinia gleimi, Cardinia hybrida, Cardinia indigirkaensis, Cardinia listeri, Cardinia rugosa, Cardinia similis, Cardinia toriyamai

Type specimen: MCZ 110021. Its type locality is Shoshone Mountains, which is in a Pelsonian carbonate limestone in Nevada.

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Shoshone Mountains

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