Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae
Alternative combination: Venericardia wilcoxensis
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 (Baluchicardia) according to W. G. Heaslip 1968
See also Dall 1903
Sister taxa: Baluchicardia francescae, Baluchicardia nuriae, Baluchicardia obliquata, Venericardia (Baluchicardia) amplicrenata, Venericardia (Baluchicardia) bulla, Venericardia (Baluchicardia) greggiana, Venericardia (Baluchicardia) hesperia, Venericardia (Baluchicardia) moa, Venericardia (Baluchicardia) whitei
Type specimen: USNM 16452, a shell
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Paleocene of United States (32: Alabama, Illinois, Texas collections)
Total: 32 collections each including a single occurrence
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