Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae
Alternative combinations: Venericardia (Venericardia) perscrupulosa, Venericardia perscrupulosa
Full reference: J. A. Marwick. 1932. Tertiary Mollusca from Burnt Hill. Records of the Canterbury Museum 3:495-503
Belongs to Purpurocardia according to A. G. Beu et al. 1990
See also Fleming 1966 and Marwick 1932
Sister taxa: Purpurocardia beata, Purpurocardia fyfei, Purpurocardia haskelli, Purpurocardia lillei, Purpurocardia penerectangularis, Purpurocardia purpurata, Purpurocardia southlandica, Purpurocardia titirangiensis, Purpurocardia urutiensis, Purpurocardia waikohuensis
Ecology: facultatively mobile shallow infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Miocene of New Zealand (4 collections)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
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