Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae
Alternative combination: Venericardia clarki
Synonyms: Venericardia (Leuroactis) popenoei Verástegui 1953, Venericardia (Pacificor) clarki popenoei Verástegui 1953, Venericardia (Pacificor) weaveri Verástegui 1953
Full reference: C. E. Weaver and K. Palmer. 1922. Fauna from the Eocene of Washington. University of Washington Publications in Geology 1(3):1-56
Belongs to Venericardia (Pacificor) according to A. J. W. Hendy 2020
See also Hanna 1925, Moore 1992, Verástegui 1953 and Weaver and Palmer 1922
Sister taxa: Venericardia (Pacificor) aragonia, Venericardia (Pacificor) calafia, Venericardia (Pacificor) carlosensis, Venericardia (Pacificor) durhami, Venericardia (Pacificor) hornii, Venericardia (Pacificor) lisa, Venericardia (Pacificor) merriami, Venericardia (Pacificor) mulleri, Venericardia (Pacificor) nelsoni, Venericardia (Pacificor) taliaferroi, Venericardia (Pacificor) venturensis
Type specimens:
- Venericardia (Pacificor) clarki: UW 169, a valve. Its type locality is UW 329, which is in a Bartonian marine horizon in the Cowlitz Formation of Washington.
- Venericardia (Pacificor) clarki popenoei: UCMP 15689, a valve.
- Venericardia (Pacificor) weaveri: LSJU 8024, a valve.
Ecology: facultatively mobile shallow infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (14: Alaska, California, Washington collections)
Total: 14 collections each including a single occurrence
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