Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae
Alternative combinations: Venericardia (Cyclocardia) hannai, Venericardia hannai
Full reference: N. M. Tegland. 1933. The fauna of the type Blakeley Upper Oligocene of Washington. University of California Publications Bulletin of the Department of Geological Sciences 23(3):81-174
Belongs to Cyclocardia according to A. J. W. Hendy 2020
See also Durham 1944, Hickman 2015, Tegland 1933 and Weaver 1942
Sister taxa: Cardita (Cyclocardia) steinkei, Cyclocardia (Arcturellina), Cyclocardia (Cyclocardia), Cyclocardia (Plionema), Cyclocardia (Scalaricardita), Cyclocardia (Vimentum), Cyclocardia abesinaiensis, Cyclocardia akagii, Cyclocardia borealis, Cyclocardia castor, Cyclocardia castrana, Cyclocardia christiei, Cyclocardia compressa, Cyclocardia dodairensis, Cyclocardia granulata, Cyclocardia hannibali, Cyclocardia kurilensis, Cyclocardia mesembria, Cyclocardia moniligena, Cyclocardia novangliae, Cyclocardia pseutella, Cyclocardia spurca, Cyclocardia subtenta, Cyclocardia terryi, Cyclocardia tokunagai, Cyclocardia trentensis, Cyclocardia velutinus, Cyclocardia yoshidai, Cyclocardia zuliana, Venericardia (Cyclocardia) ferruginea, Venericardia (Cyclocardia) harukii, Venericardia (Cyclocardia) otatsumei, Venericardia (Cyclocardia) yokoyamai
Type specimen: UCMP 32147, a shell
Ecology: facultatively mobile semi-infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Oligocene of United States (5: Washington collections)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
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