Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae

Full reference: W. G. Heaslip. 1968. Cenozoic evolution of the alticostate venericards in Gulf and East Coastal North America. Palaeontographica Americana 6(39):1-135

Belongs to Venericardia (Baluchicardia) according to W. G. Heaslip 1968

Sister taxa: Baluchicardia francescae, Baluchicardia nuriae, Baluchicardia obliquata, Venericardia (Baluchicardia) bulla, Venericardia (Baluchicardia) greggiana, Venericardia (Baluchicardia) hesperia, Venericardia (Baluchicardia) moa, Venericardia (Baluchicardia) whitei, Venericardia (Baluchicardia) wilcoxensis

Type specimen: USNM 370912, a shell

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Venericardia (Baluchicardia) amplicrenata in the database

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