Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae

Alternative combinations: Cardita burmeisteri, Venericardia burmeisteri

Synonyms: Venericardia australis Masiuk 1967, Venericardia paleopatagonica australis Masiuk 1967

Belongs to Kalelia according to D. E. Pérez and C. J. del Río 2017

See also Ihering 1907

Sister taxa: Kalelia multicostata, Kalelia pectuncularis

Type specimens:

• Kalelia burmeisteri: MLP 15294a
• Venericardia australis:

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Jablonski & Raup Locality 185 (Cretaceous of Argentina)

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