Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae
Alternative spelling: Venericardia (Baluchicardia)
Parent taxon: Carditesinae according to H. E. Vokes 1980
See also Heaslip 1968 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Paraglans, Pseudocardia
Subtaxa: Baluchicardia francescae Baluchicardia nuriae Baluchicardia obliquata Venericardia (Baluchicardia) amplicrenata Venericardia (Baluchicardia) bulla Venericardia (Baluchicardia) greggiana Venericardia (Baluchicardia) hesperia Venericardia (Baluchicardia) moa Venericardia (Baluchicardia) whitei Venericardia (Baluchicardia) wilcoxensis
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (1: Mississippi collection)
• Paleocene of Colombia (2), United States (88: Alabama, Illinois, Texas)
• Cretaceous of Angola (1), Argentina (1), Brazil (1), Cameroon (1), Egypt (1), France (1), Iran (1), Jordan (1), Libya (2), Morocco (1), Mozambique (2), Niger (3), Nigeria (1), Oman (1), Pakistan (1), Saudi Arabia (1), Senegal (1), Tunisia (1)
Total: 113 collections including 132 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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