Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae
Full reference: C. S. Hickman. 2015. Paleogene marine bivalves of the deep-water Keasey Formation in Oregon, Part III: The heteroconchs. PaleoBios 32:1-44
Belongs to Cyclocardia according to A. J. W. Hendy 2020
See also Hickman 2015
Sister taxa: Cardita (Cyclocardia) steinkei, Cyclocardia (Arcturellina), Cyclocardia (Cyclocardia), Cyclocardia (Plionema), Cyclocardia (Scalaricardita), Cyclocardia (Vimentum), Cyclocardia abesinaiensis, Cyclocardia akagii, Cyclocardia borealis, Cyclocardia castor, Cyclocardia castrana, Cyclocardia christiei, Cyclocardia compressa, Cyclocardia dodairensis, Cyclocardia granulata, Cyclocardia hannai, Cyclocardia hannibali, Cyclocardia kurilensis, Cyclocardia mesembria, Cyclocardia novangliae, Cyclocardia pseutella, Cyclocardia spurca, Cyclocardia subtenta, Cyclocardia terryi, Cyclocardia tokunagai, Cyclocardia trentensis, Cyclocardia velutinus, Cyclocardia yoshidai, Cyclocardia zuliana, Venericardia (Cyclocardia) ferruginea, Venericardia (Cyclocardia) harukii, Venericardia (Cyclocardia) otatsumei, Venericardia (Cyclocardia) yokoyamai
Type specimen: UCMP 106681, a shell. Its type locality is Columbia (USGS 25028) - Hickman (1980), which is in a Priabonian deep-water siltstone/mudstone in the Keasey Formation of Oregon.
Ecology: facultatively mobile semi-infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (3: Oregon collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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