Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae
Alternative combinations: Megacardita (Venericor) hornii calafia, Venericardia (Venericor) hornii calafia
Synonyms: Venericardia (Pacificor) calafia gabbi Verástegui 1953, Venericardia (Pacificor) calafia lutmani Turner 1938, Venericardia (Pacificor) gabbi Verástegui 1953, Venericardia (Pacificor) hertleini Verástegui 1953, Venericardia (Pacificor) lutmani Turner 1938, Venericardia (Pacificor) oregonensis Verástegui 1953, Venericardia hornii lutmani Turner 1938
Full reference: R. B. Stewart. 1930. Gabb's California Cretaceous and Tertiary type lamellibranchs. The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia Special Publication 3:1-314
Belongs to Venericardia (Pacificor) according to A. J. W. Hendy 2020
See also Moore 1992, Stewart 1930, Turner 1938, Verástegui 1953 and Vokes 1939
Sister taxa: Venericardia (Pacificor) aragonia, Venericardia (Pacificor) carlosensis, Venericardia (Pacificor) clarki, Venericardia (Pacificor) durhami, Venericardia (Pacificor) hornii, Venericardia (Pacificor) lisa, Venericardia (Pacificor) merriami, Venericardia (Pacificor) mulleri, Venericardia (Pacificor) nelsoni, Venericardia (Pacificor) taliaferroi, Venericardia (Pacificor) venturensis
Subtaxa: Venericardia (Pacificor) calafia susanaensis
Type specimens:
- Venericardia (Pacificor) calafia: UCMP 31450, a shell. Its type locality is UCMP 7004, Simi Valley, which is in a Lutetian transition zone/lower shoreface sandstone in the Llajas Formation of California.
- Venericardia (Pacificor) gabbi: CAS 686. Its type locality is CAS 711, Grapevine Canyon, which is in a Lutetian marine sandstone in the Tejon Formation of California.
- Venericardia (Pacificor) hertleini: UCMP 30415, a valve.
- Venericardia (Pacificor) lutmani: UC 33133, a shell. Its type locality is A-1233, which is in a Ypresian marine horizon in the Roseburg Formation of Oregon.
- Venericardia (Pacificor) oregonensis: LSJU 8009, a valve.
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (6: California, Oregon collections)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
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