Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Alternative combinations: Cardium (Fragum) medium, Cardium medium, Trigoniocardia (Americardia) media, Trigoniocardia (Americardia) medium, Trigoniocardia media
Synonyms: Hemicardium columba Heilprin 1887, Trigoniocardia (Americardia) columba Heilprin 1887
Belongs to Americardia according to M. C. Perrilliat and P. Flores-Guerrero 2011
See also Glenn 1904, Hendy et al. 2008, Olsson 1922, Rosenberg 2005, Stewart 1930, Vokes 1989 and Woodring 1982
Sister taxa: Americardia burnsii, Americardia columbella, Americardia guanacastense, Americardia guppyi, Americardia lightbourni, Trigoniocardia (Americardia) avona, Trigoniocardia (Americardia) protoaliculum, Trigoniocardia (Americardia) silvacollina
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of the Bahamas (3 collections), Bermuda (2), Cayman Islands (1), Colombia (1), Costa Rica (1), Cuba (4), the Dominican Republic (1), Haiti (1), Jamaica (2), Panama (1), United States (6: Florida, North Carolina), Venezuela (1)
• Pliocene of Costa Rica (1), the Dominican Republic (2), Haiti (1), Jamaica (4), Mexico (3), United States (1: North Carolina), Venezuela (6)
• Miocene to Pliocene of the Dominican Republic (1)
• Miocene of the Dominican Republic (2)
Total: 45 collections each including a single occurrence
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