Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae
Full reference: R. Rivera. 1957. Moluscos fosiles de la Formacion Paracas, Dpto. de Ica. Sociedad Geologica del Peru Primer Congreso Nacional de Geologia Anales - Parte II 32:165-219
Belongs to Cardita (Carditamera) according to R. Rivera 1957
Sister taxa: Cardita (Carditamera) prestoni, Cardita (Carditamera) recta, Cardita (Carditamera) tegea, Cardita (Carditamera) vaughani, Carditamera (Carditamera), Carditamera (Lazariella), Carditamera aculeata, Carditamera affinis, Carditamera arata, Carditamera aspera, Carditamera catharia, Carditamera floridana, Carditamera matima, Carditamera plata, Carditamera radiata, Carditamera tegea, Carditamera vaughani, Carditamera virginiae, Carditamera williamsi
Type specimen: Its type locality is Lagunillas y Punta Pejerrey 3400 m, which is in an Eocene marine sandstone in the Paracas Formation of Peru
Ecology: stationary infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Oligocene of Peru (1 collection)
• Eocene to Oligocene of Peru (1)
• Eocene of Peru (6)
Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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