Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Alternative combinations: Cardium schencki, Trachycardium schencki
Full reference: L. W. Wiedey. 1928. Notes on the Vaqueros and Temblor formations of the California Miocene with descriptions of new species. Transactions of the San Diego Society of Natural History 5(10):95-182
Belongs to Trachycardium (Trachycardium) according to E. J. Moore 2003
See also Dickinson and Lowe 1966
Sister taxa: Trachycardium (Trachycardium) arcumbona, Trachycardium (Trachycardium) brantlyi, Trachycardium (Trachycardium) consors, Trachycardium (Trachycardium) isocardia, Trachycardium (Trachycardium) pessoae
Type specimen: USNM 165598, a valve
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Miocene of United States (6: California collections)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
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