Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Alternative combinations: Cardium lorenzanum, Nemocardium (Keenaea) lorenzanum, Nemocardium lorenzanum
Synonym: Cardium lorenzana Arnold 1925
Full reference: R. Arnold. 1908. Descriptions of new Cretaceous and Tertiary fossils from the Santa Cruz Mountains, California. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 34(1617):345-389
Belongs to Anechinocardium according to A. J. W. Hendy 2020
See also Hickman 2015
Sister taxa: Anechinocardium formosum, Anechinocardium weaveri
Type specimens:
- Anechinocardium lorenzanum: USNM 165444, a shell
- Cardium lorenzana:
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Oligocene of United States (16: Alaska, Oregon, Washington collections)
• Eocene of United States (1: Oregon)
Total: 17 collections each including a single occurrence
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