Bivalvia - Cardiidia - Sanguinolitidae
Alternative combinations: Cypricardia rigida, Sanguinolites rigidi, Sphenotus rigidus
Belongs to Sanguinolites according to C. D. Walcott 1884
See also Smith 1894
Sister taxa: Sanguinolites bellerophontium, Sanguinolites bisectus, Sanguinolites carbonaria, Sanguinolites clavulus, Sanguinolites combensis, Sanguinolites drupa, Sanguinolites gracilis, Sanguinolites gracilis, Sanguinolites hekitoensis, Sanguinolites ishii, Sanguinolites kamiyassensis, Sanguinolites lukjanovae, Sanguinolites modiomorphoides, Sanguinolites naenia, Sanguinolites naiadiformis, Sanguinolites obliquus, Sanguinolites olseni, Sanguinolites peruvianus, Sanguinolites porteri, Sanguinolites qiaojiaensis, Sanguinolites retusus, Sanguinolites salteri, Sanguinolites sanduskyensis, Sanguinolites shumardi, Sanguinolites simplex, Sanguinolites simulans, Sanguinolites sphenoidalis, Sanguinolites unioniformis, Sanguinolites ventricosus, Sanguinolites woolnoughi, Sanguinolites xizangensis
Ecology: facultatively mobile deep infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at US Fisheries, Baird (Carboniferous of California)
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