Cardiomorpha nuggetensis Trechmann 1917 (clam)

Bivalvia - Cardiidia - Grammysiidae

Full reference: C. T. Trechmann. 1917. The Trias of New Zealand. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London 73(3):165-246

Belongs to Cardiomorpha according to C. T. Trechmann 1917

Sister taxa: Cardiomorpha bihatiensis, Cardiomorpha digglesi, Cardiomorpha doulingensis, Cardiomorpha gymnitum, Cardiomorpha haydeni, Cardiomorpha indica, Cardiomorpha inflata, Cardiomorpha minuta, Cardiomorpha missouriensis, Cardiomorpha obovata, Cardiomorpha pinguis, Cardiomorpha sublimosa

Type specimen: Its type locality is Nugget Point, which is in a Carnian marine horizon in New Zealand

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Nugget Point

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