Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae
Alternative combinations: Venericardia (Venericor) greggiana, Venericardia greggiana
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 and Gardner and Bowles 1939
Sister taxa: Baluchicardia francescae, Baluchicardia nuriae, Baluchicardia obliquata, Venericardia (Baluchicardia) amplicrenata, Venericardia (Baluchicardia) bulla, Venericardia (Baluchicardia) hesperia, Venericardia (Baluchicardia) moa, Venericardia (Baluchicardia) whitei, Venericardia (Baluchicardia) wilcoxensis
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (1: Mississippi collection)
• Paleocene of United States (8: Alabama)
Total: 9 collections each including a single occurrence
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