Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae
Alternative combinations: Venericardia (Venericardia) acanthodes, Venericardia acanthodes
Full reference: H. Suter. 1917. Descriptions of New Tertiary Mollusca occuring in New Zealand accompanied by a few notes on necessary changes in nomenclature. Part 1. New Zealand Geological Survey Paleontological Bulletin 5
Belongs to Glyptoactis (Fasciculicardia) according to A. G. Beu et al. 1990
See also Fleming 1966 and Marwick 1960
Sister taxa: Fasciculicardia allophyla, Glyptoactis (Fasciculicardia) bartrumi, Glyptoactis (Fasciculicardia) benhami, Glyptoactis (Fasciculicardia) latissima, Glyptoactis (Fasciculicardia) nuntia, Glyptoactis (Fasciculicardia) subintermedia
Ecology: facultatively mobile shallow infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Eocene of New Zealand (4 collections)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
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