Baluchicardia Explained

Baluchicardia is an extinct genus of fossil saltwater clams in the family Carditidae. These clams were facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeders.^[1]

Subtaxa

Some authors consider Baluchicardia a subgenus of Venericardia.^[2]

• Baluchicardia francescae ^[1]
• Baluchicardia nuriae ^[1]
• Baluchicardia obliquata ^[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, Egypt, France, Iran, Jordan, Libya, Morocco, Mozambique, Niger, Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Senegal and Tunisia.^[1]

References

• Sepkoski, Jack Sepkoski's Online Genus Database – Bivalvia
• Encyclopedia of Life

Notes and References

1. Web site: †Baluchicardia Rutsch and Schenck 1943 . Paleobiology Database . 12 August 2024.
2. E. Ghiozzi, A. Malatesta I molluschi del Paleocene, pg. 92