Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae
Alternative combination: Venericardia charanalensis
Full reference: A. A. Olsson. 1931. Contributions to the Tertiary Paleontology of Northern Peru: Part 4, The Peruvian Oligocene. Bulletins of American Paleontology 17(63)
Belongs to Venericardia (Glyptoactis) according to W. P. Woodring 1982
See also Clark and Durham 1946 and Olsson 1931
Sister taxa: Glyptoactis (Claibornicardia), Glyptoactis (Fasciculicardia), Glyptoactis (Glyptoactis), Glyptoactis alticostata, Glyptoactis paraguanensis, Venericardia (Glyptoactis) aversa, Venericardia (Glyptoactis) carmenensis, Venericardia (Glyptoactis) hadra, Venericardia (Glyptoactis) metaicha, Venericardia (Glyptoactis) mutabilis, Venericardia (Glyptoactis) serricosta, Venericardia (Glyptoactis) stenygra
Subtaxa: Venericardia (Glyptoactis) charanalensis hondoensis
Type specimen: Its type locality is Quebrada Charanal [Mirador Sandstone, Mancora Fm], which is in an Oligocene marine conglomerate/sandstone in the Mancora Formation of Peru
Ecology: facultatively mobile shallow infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Oligocene of Peru (1 collection)
• Eocene of Colombia (8)
Total: 9 collections each including a single occurrence
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