Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae
Alternative combinations: Cardita sandiegoensis, Venericardia sandiegoensis
Synonyms: Glyptoactis mcmasteri Verástegui 1953, Venericardia (Glyptoactis) mcmastersi Verástegui 1953
Full reference: M. A. Hanna. 1927. An Eocene invertebrate fauna from the La Jolla Quadrangle, California . University of California Publications Bulletin of the Department of Geological Sciences 16(8):247-398
Belongs to Glyptoactis (Claibornicardia) according to A. J. W. Hendy 2020
See also Givens and Kennedy 1979, Hanna 1927, Moore 1992, Squires 1987, Squires and Advocate 1986, Stewart 1946 and Verástegui 1953
Sister taxa: Claibornicardia carinata, Claibornicardia pharaonum, Glyptoactis (Claibornicardia) domenginica, Glyptoactis (Claibornicardia) keenae, Glyptoactis (Claibornicardia) marksi, Venericardia (Claibornicardia) alticostata, Venericardia (Claibornicardia) nasuta, Venericardia (Claibornicardia) trapaquara
Type specimens:
- Glyptoactis (Claibornicardia) sandiegoensis: UCMP 30980 - 30983 (syntypes)
- Venericardia (Glyptoactis) mcmastersi: UCMP 8011.
Ecology: facultatively mobile shallow infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (7: California collections)
Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence
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