Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae
Alternative combinations: Megacardita (Venericor) aragonia, Venericardia (Leuroactis) aragonia, Venericardia aragonia
Synonyms: Megacardita (Venericor) aragonia smileyi Vokes 1939, Venericardia (Leuroactis) smileyi Vokes 1939
Belongs to Venericardia (Pacificor) according to E. J. Moore 1992
See also Hendy 2020, Verástegui 1953 and Vokes 1939
Sister taxa: Venericardia (Pacificor) calafia, Venericardia (Pacificor) clarki, Venericardia (Pacificor) hornii, Venericardia (Pacificor) lisa, Venericardia (Pacificor) merriami, Venericardia (Pacificor) mulleri, Venericardia (Pacificor) nelsoni, Venericardia (Pacificor) taliaferroi, Venericardia (Pacificor) venturensis
Type specimens:
- Venericardia (Pacificor) aragonia: LSJU 619 (neotype), a valve
- Venericardia (Leuroactis) smileyi: UCMP 15626, a shell. Its type locality is UCMP loc. 672, Parsons Peak, which is in a Ypresian marine sandstone in the Domengine Formation of California.
Ecology: facultatively mobile shallow infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Eocene of the Russian Federation (1 collection), United States (17: California, Oregon)
Total: 18 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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