Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Alternative combination: Cardium mortoni
Belongs to Cardium (Laevicardium) according to L. C. Glenn 1904
See also Holmes 1860
Sister taxa: Cardium (Laevicardium) alaskensis, Cardium (Laevicardium) melvilli, Cardium (Laevicardium) spillmani, Cardium (Laevicardium) unicolor, Laevicardium (Habecardium), Laevicardium (Laevicardium), Laevicardium biradiatum, Laevicardium compressum, Laevicardium crassum, Laevicardium ecuadoriale, Laevicardium elatum, Laevicardium etheringtoni, Laevicardium leptorimum, Laevicardium lobulatum, Laevicardium multipunctatum, Laevicardium nemocardiforme, Laevicardium oblongum, Laevicardium papyraceum, Laevicardium pictum, Laevicardium pristis, Laevicardium serratum, Laevicardium substriatum, Laevicardium sybariticum, Laevicardium tristiculum, Laevicardium venustulum, Laevicardium vitellinum, Dinocardium (Exocardium) chipolanum
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of United States (16: Florida, New Jersey, North Carolina, South Carolina collections)
Total: 16 collections each including a single occurrence
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