Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae

Full reference: P. Verástegui. 1953. The pelecypod genus Venericardia in the Paleocene and Eocene of western North America. Palaeontographica Americana 3(2535):399-462

Belongs to Venericardia (Pacificor) according to E. J. Moore 1992

See also Verástegui 1953

Sister taxa: Venericardia (Pacificor) aragonia, Venericardia (Pacificor) calafia, Venericardia (Pacificor) carlosensis, Venericardia (Pacificor) clarki, Venericardia (Pacificor) durhami, Venericardia (Pacificor) hornii, Venericardia (Pacificor) lisa, Venericardia (Pacificor) merriami, Venericardia (Pacificor) mulleri, Venericardia (Pacificor) nelsoni, Venericardia (Pacificor) venturensis

Type specimen: LSJU 7996, a valve

Ecology: facultatively mobile shallow infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at LACMIP loc. 26525, Dip Creek, Lake Nacimiento (Cretaceous of California)

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