Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae
Alternative combinations: Venericardia (Glyptoactis) moa, Venericardia moa
Belongs to Venericardia (Baluchicardia) according to W. G. Heaslip 1968
See also Gardner and Bowles 1939
Sister taxa: Baluchicardia francescae, Baluchicardia nuriae, Baluchicardia obliquata, Venericardia (Baluchicardia) amplicrenata, Venericardia (Baluchicardia) bulla, Venericardia (Baluchicardia) greggiana, Venericardia (Baluchicardia) hesperia, Venericardia (Baluchicardia) whitei, Venericardia (Baluchicardia) wilcoxensis
Type specimen: USNM 370922, a shell
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Paleocene of United States (14: Texas collections)
Total: 14 collections each including a single occurrence
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