Venericardia vicksburgiana Dall 1903 (clam)

Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae

Full reference: W. H. Dall. 1903. Contributions to the Tertiary Fauna of Florida (Part 6). Transactions of the Wagner Free Institute of Science of Philadelphia 3(6):1219-1654

Belongs to Venericardia according to W. H. Dall 1903

Sister taxa: Cardita (Venericardia) frauscheri, Cardita (Venericardia) laurae, Cardita (Venericardia) pseudonodulosa, Venericardia (Clairbornicardia), Venericardia (Leuroactis), Venericardia (Pacificor), Venericardia (Rotundicardia), Venericardia (Venericardia), Venericardia (Venericor), Venericardia aizyensis, Venericardia ameghinorum, Venericardia ameliae, Venericardia angusticosta, Venericardia apodensata, Venericardia barroneti, Venericardia bistrovi, Venericardia bonificae, Venericardia brassica, Venericardia buruca, Venericardia camachoi, Venericardia capricornis, Venericardia carolinensis, Venericardia complanata, Venericardia complexicosta, Venericardia costagranosa, Venericardia crossensis, Venericardia crucedemaionis, Venericardia domenginica, Venericardia eoa, Venericardia ewekoroensis, Venericardia gulielmi, Venericardia hamiltonensis, Venericardia heterocostata, Venericardia hornii, Venericardia imbricata, Venericardia inflatior, Venericardia ionensis, Venericardia isaurae, Venericardia jaquinoti, Venericardia juneri, Venericardia koerti, Venericardia maudensis, Venericardia minuta, Venericardia natchitoches, Venericardia nauliensis, Venericardia nodifera, Venericardia olga, Venericardia pakistanica, Venericardia perimetra, Venericardia philotima, Venericardia praecisa, Venericardia pseudowilmotii, Venericardia rosii, Venericardia semiinflata, Venericardia simillina, Venericardia simplex, Venericardia soriensis, Venericardia stewarti, Venericardia tabligboensis, Venericardia thalassoplekta, Venericardia thaleia, Venericardia togoensis, Venericardia tokudai, Venericardia tortidens, Venericardia trinidadensis, Venericardia waynensis, Venericardia yakatagensis

Ecology: facultatively mobile shallow infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at M 51 (Eocene of Florida)

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