Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae
Alternative combination: Cardita (Carditamera) defuniak
Full reference: J. R. Gardner. 1947. The Molluscan Fauna of the Alum Bluff Group of Florida. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper (142A-H)1-709
Belongs to Carditamera (Carditamera) according to A. J. W. Hendy et al. 2008
See also Gardner 1947
Sister taxon: Carditamera (Carditamera) dasytes
Type specimen: USNM 352477, a shell. Its type locality is USGS Loc. 7264 - DeFuniak Cardium beds [Shoal River Fm], which is in a Serravallian marine marl/sandstone in the Shoal River Formation of Florida.
Ecology: stationary infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Miocene of United States (7: Florida collections)
Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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