Baluchicardia
Baluchicardia is an extinct genus of fossil saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the family Carditidae. These clams were facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeders.[1]
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Fossil Venericardia (Baluchicardia) ameliae (Peron) of Maastrichtian age from Algeria at Galerie de paléontologie et d'anatomie comparée in Paris | |
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Subfamily: | Venericardiinae |
Genus: | Baluchicardia Rutsch and Schenck 1943 |
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Subtaxa
Some authors consider Baluchicardia a subgenus of Venericardia.[2]
- Baluchicardia francescae [1]
- Venericardia (Baluchicardia) ameliae [2]
- Venericardia (Baluchicardia) amplicrenata [1]
- Venericardia (Baluchicardia) bulla [1]
- Venericardia (Baluchicardia) greggiana [1]
- Venericardia (Baluchicardia) hesperia [1]
- Venericardia (Baluchicardia) moa [1]
- Venericardia (Baluchicardia) whitei [1]
- Venericardia (Baluchicardia) wilcoxensis [1]
Distribution
Species within this genus have been found in the Eocene of the United States, in the Paleocene of Colombia and the United States and in the Cretaceous of Angola, Argentina, Brazil, Cameroon, Republic of the Congo, Egypt, France, Iran, Jordan, Libya, Morocco, Mozambique, Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Senegal and Tunisia.[1]
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References
- Paleobiology Database
- E. Ghiozzi, A. Malatesta I molluschi del Paleocene, pg. 92 Archived 2014-05-24 at the Wayback Machine
- Sepkoski, Jack Sepkoski's Online Genus Database – Bivalvia
- Encyclopedia of Life
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