Bivalvia - Carditida - Condylocardiidae
Etymology. The specific epithet refers to the Belgian comic characters created by Peyo, Les Schtroumpfs (called The Smurfs in English and Los Pitufos in Spanish speaker countries). These creatures are characterized by their tiny sizes as the condylocardiids bivalves. This epithet is expressed in Spanish diminutive form to emphasize the reference.
Full reference: D. Pérez. 2019. The earliest fossil record of the poorly known family Condylocardiidae from Argentina. Andean Geology 46(2):433-443
Belongs to Carditella according to D. Pérez 2019
Sister taxa: Carditella (Carditella), Carditella (Carditellona), Carditella aldrichi, Carditella pulchella, Carditella regularis, Carditella semen
Type specimen: MACN-Pi 6344, a valve (Left valve). Its type locality is Cerro Laciar, which is in a Pliocene coastal gravel/sandstone in Argentina.
Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Cerro Laciar
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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