Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae
Alternative combination: Venericardia nasuta
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 (Claibornicardia) according to K. V. Palmer and D. C. Brann 1965
See also Dall 1903
Sister taxa: Claibornicardia carinata, Glyptoactis (Claibornicardia) domenginica, Glyptoactis (Claibornicardia) keenae, Glyptoactis (Claibornicardia) marksi, Glyptoactis (Claibornicardia) sandiegoensis, Venericardia (Claibornicardia) alticostata, Venericardia (Claibornicardia) trapaquara
Ecology: facultatively mobile shallow infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (10: Alabama, North Carolina, South Carolina collections)
Total: 10 collections each including a single occurrence
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