Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae

Full reference: R. B. Newton. 1922. Eocene Mollusca from Nigeria. Geological Survey of Nigeria Bulletin 3

Belongs to Cardita according to R. B. Newton 1922

Sister taxa: Cardita (Actinobolus), Cardita (Bryssomera), Cardita (Cardita), Cardita (Cardites), Cardita (Strophocardia), Cardita alata, Cardita analis, Cardita aoteana, Cardita arduini, Cardita belviderensis, Cardita berjadinensis, Cardita caribbeanensis, Cardita chamaeformis, Cardita compta, Cardita corbis, Cardita costaenodulosis, Cardita crassicosta, Cardita cuneata, Cardita delicatula, Cardita excrescens, Cardita hanguensis, Cardita jenkinsi, Cardita kalimnae, Cardita manteia, Cardita marmorea, Cardita marwicki, Cardita muricata, Cardita murrayana, Cardita northcrofti, Cardita orbicularis, Cardita platycostata, Cardita preissii, Cardita protracta, Cardita pusilla, Cardita scalaris, Cardita senilis, Cardita shepardi, Cardita solida, Cardita spinulosa, Cardita trigonalis, Cardita triparticostata, Cardita unica, Cardita variabilis, Cardita variegata, Carditia excavata

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder