Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae
Alternative combinations: Glyptoactis (Glyptoactis) domenginica, Glyptoactis domenginica, Venericardia (Glyptoactis) domenginica
Full reference: H. E. Vokes. 1939. Molluscan faunas of the Domengine and Arroyo Hondo Formations of the California Eocene. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 38:1-246
Belongs to Glyptoactis (Claibornicardia) according to E. J. Moore 1992
See also Squires 1984, Squires 1987, Squires 1988, Squires and Demetrion 1992, Verástegui 1953 and Vokes 1939
Sister taxa: Claibornicardia carinata, Claibornicardia pharaonum, Glyptoactis (Claibornicardia) keenae, Glyptoactis (Claibornicardia) marksi, Glyptoactis (Claibornicardia) sandiegoensis, Venericardia (Claibornicardia) alticostata, Venericardia (Claibornicardia) nasuta, Venericardia (Claibornicardia) trapaquara
Type specimen: UCMP 15611, a shell
Ecology: facultatively mobile shallow infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Eocene of Mexico (1 collection), United States (21: California)
Total: 22 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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