Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae
Alternative combinations: Cardita parva, Venericardia parva
Belongs to Venericardia (Pleuromeris) according to K. V. Palmer and D. C. Brann 1965
See also Dall 1903, Harris 1919 and Kosnik 2002
Sister taxa: Pleuromeris (Choniocardia), Pleuromeris acaris, Pleuromeris archaenepeanenesis, Pleuromeris auroraensis, Pleuromeris conradiana, Pleuromeris decemcostata, Pleuromeris elegantoides, Pleuromeris finlayi, Pleuromeris hectori, Pleuromeris inflatior, Pleuromeris inflator, Pleuromeris instata, Pleuromeris kapuaensis, Pleuromeris marshalli, Pleuromeris murdochi, Pleuromeris otamateaensis, Pleuromeris paucicostata, Pleuromeris pecten, Pleuromeris prolutea, Pleuromeris tridentata, Pleuromeris waitotarana, Venericardia (Pleuromeris) scitula, Venericardia (Pleuromeris) scituloides, Venericardia (Pleuromeris) tellia, Venericardia (Pleuromeris) tortidens
Ecology: facultatively mobile semi-infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Eocene of Haiti (1 collection), United States (21: Alabama, Arkansas, Mississippi, South Carolina)
Total: 22 collections each including a single occurrence
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