Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae

Alternative combination: Venericardia (Glyptoactis) marksi

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 Glyptoactis (Claibornicardia) according to E. J. Moore 1992

See also Verástegui 1953

Sister taxa: Claibornicardia carinata, Claibornicardia pharaonum, Glyptoactis (Claibornicardia) domenginica, Glyptoactis (Claibornicardia) keenae, Glyptoactis (Claibornicardia) sandiegoensis, Venericardia (Claibornicardia) alticostata, Venericardia (Claibornicardia) nasuta, Venericardia (Claibornicardia) trapaquara

Type specimen: LSJU 8021, a valve

Ecology: facultatively mobile shallow infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Glyptoactis (Claibornicardia) marksi in the database

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