Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae

Full reference: C. J. Maury. 1924. Fosseis Terciarios Do Brazil. Serico Geologico E Mineralogico Do Brazil Monograph 49

Belongs to Venericardia according to C. J. Maury 1924

Sister taxa: Cardita (Venericardia) laurae, Cardita (Venericardia) pseudonodulosa, Venericardia (Clairbornicardia), Venericardia (Pacificor), Venericardia (Rotundicardia), Venericardia (Venericardia), Venericardia (Venericor), Venericardia aizyensis, Venericardia ameghinorum, Venericardia apodensata, Venericardia bistrovi, Venericardia brassica, Venericardia camachoi, Venericardia carolinensis, Venericardia complanata, Venericardia compressa, Venericardia crucedemaionis, Venericardia diversidentata, Venericardia eoa, Venericardia gulielmi, Venericardia imbricata, Venericardia isaurae, Venericardia maudensis, Venericardia nodifera, Venericardia olga, Venericardia pakistanica, Venericardia perimetra, Venericardia philotima, Venericardia praecisa, Venericardia semiinflata, Venericardia simillina, Venericardia simplex, Venericardia soriensis, Venericardia stewarti, Venericardia thalassoplekta, Venericardia thaleia, Venericardia tokudai, Venericardia tortidens, Venericardia trinidadensis, Venericardia vicksburgiana

Type specimen: Its type locality is Rio Pirabas (Maury coll.), which is in a Miocene shallow subtidal limestone/limestone in the Pirabas Formation of Brazil

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder