Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Full reference: B. L. Clark. 1932. Fauna of the Poul and Yakataga Formations (Upper Oligocene) of Southern Alaska. Bulletin of the Geological Society of America 43:797-846
Belongs to Cardium (Laevicardium) according to B. L. Clark 1932
Sister taxa: Cardium (Laevicardium) melvilli, Cardium (Laevicardium) mortoni, Cardium (Laevicardium) spillmani, Cardium (Laevicardium) unicolor, Laevicardium (Habecardium), Laevicardium (Laevicardium), Laevicardium biradiatum, Laevicardium compressum, Laevicardium crassum, Laevicardium ecuadoriale, Laevicardium elatum, Laevicardium etheringtoni, Laevicardium leptorimum, Laevicardium lobulatum, Laevicardium multipunctatum, Laevicardium nemocardiforme, Laevicardium oblongum, Laevicardium papyraceum, Laevicardium pictum, Laevicardium pristis, Laevicardium serratum, Laevicardium substriatum, Laevicardium sybariticum, Laevicardium tristiculum, Laevicardium venustulum, Laevicardium vitellinum, Dinocardium (Exocardium) chipolanum
Type specimen: UCMP 30389. Its type locality is UCMP 3868, which is in a Chattian marine horizon in the Poul Creek Formation of Alaska.
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Oligocene of United States (4: Alaska collections)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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