Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae
Alternative combinations: Cardita elegantoides, Venericardia elegantoides
Belongs to Pleuromeris according to D. Frassinetti and V. Covacevich 1999
See also Camacho et al. 2000 and Malumian et al. 1978
Sister taxa: Pleuromeris (Choniocardia), Pleuromeris acaris, Pleuromeris archaenepeanenesis, Pleuromeris auroraensis, Pleuromeris conradiana, Pleuromeris decemcostata, 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) parva, Venericardia (Pleuromeris) scitula, Venericardia (Pleuromeris) scituloides, Venericardia (Pleuromeris) tellia, Venericardia (Pleuromeris) tortidens
Distribution:
• Miocene of Chile (3 collections)
• Oligocene of Argentina (2)
• Eocene of Argentina (1)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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