Venericardia (Rotundicardia) diversidentata Meyer 1885 (clam)

Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae

Alternative combination: Venericardia diversidentata

Belongs to Venericardia (Rotundicardia) according to W. G. Heaslip 1968

See also Kosnik 2002

Sister taxa: Venericardia (Rotundicardia) carsonensis, Venericardia (Rotundicardia) eoa, Venericardia (Rotundicardia) rotunda

Ecology: facultatively mobile shallow infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Eocene of United States (50: Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi collections)

Total: 50 collections each including a single occurrence

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