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) mulleri, Venericardia (Pacificor) nelsoni, Venericardia (Pacificor) venturensis

Type specimen: LSJU 7996, a valve

Ecology: facultatively mobile shallow infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at LACMIP loc. 26525, Dip Creek, Lake Nacimiento (Cretaceous of California)

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