Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae

Alternative combination: Megacardita (Venericor) hornii carlosensis

Full reference: H. E. Vokes. 1939. Molluscan faunas of the Domengine and Arroyo Hondo Formations of the California Eocene. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 38:1-246

Belongs to Venericardia (Pacificor) according to P. Verástegui 1953

See also Vokes 1939

Sister taxa: Venericardia (Pacificor) aragonia, Venericardia (Pacificor) calafia, 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

Type specimen: AMNH 15619, a shell

Ecology: facultatively mobile shallow infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Venericardia (Pacificor) carlosensis in the database

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