Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae
Full reference: P. Verástegui. 1953. The pelecypod genus Venericardia in the Paleocene and Eocene of western North America. Palaeontographica Americana 3(2535):399-462
Belongs to Venericardia (Pacificor) according to E. J. Moore 1992
See also Verástegui 1953
Sister taxa: Venericardia (Pacificor) aragonia, Venericardia (Pacificor) calafia, Venericardia (Pacificor) clarki, Venericardia (Pacificor) hornii, Venericardia (Pacificor) lisa, Venericardia (Pacificor) merriami, Venericardia (Pacificor) nelsoni, Venericardia (Pacificor) taliaferroi, Venericardia (Pacificor) venturensis
Type specimen: LSJU 7994, a valve. Its type locality is Panoche-Dos Palos Road, which is in a Thanetian marine marl in the Lodo Formation of California.
Ecology: facultatively mobile shallow infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Paleocene to Eocene of the Russian Federation (1 collection)
• Paleocene of United States (2: California)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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