Venericardia (Baluchicardia) wilcoxensis Dall 1903 (clam)

Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae

Alternative combination: Venericardia wilcoxensis

Full reference: W. H. Dall. 1903. Contributions to the Tertiary Fauna of Florida (Part 6). Transactions of the Wagner Free Institute of Science of Philadelphia 3(6):1219-1654

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

See also Dall 1903

Sister taxa: Baluchicardia francescae, Baluchicardia nuriae, Baluchicardia obliquata, Venericardia (Baluchicardia) amplicrenata, Venericardia (Baluchicardia) bulla, Venericardia (Baluchicardia) greggiana, Venericardia (Baluchicardia) hesperia, Venericardia (Baluchicardia) moa, Venericardia (Baluchicardia) whitei

Type specimen: USNM 16452, a shell

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Paleocene of United States (32: Alabama, Illinois, Texas collections)

Total: 32 collections each including a single occurrence

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