Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Full reference: R. N. Nelson. 1925. A contribution to the paleontology of the Martinez Eocene of California. University of California Publications in Geological Sciences 15(11):397-466
Belongs to Callocardia according to R. N. Nelson 1925
Sister taxa: Callocardia (Agriopoma), Callocardia (Atopodonta), Callocardia (Callocardia), Callocardia (Nitidavenus), Callocardia guttata, Callocardia salvia, Callocardia simiensis
Type specimen: UC 30588, a shell. Its type locality is UCMP 3763, Simi Hills, Calabasas, which is in a Thanetian marine horizon in California.
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Paleocene of United States (2: California collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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