Notes on the Genus Agnocardia (Mollusca: Cardiidae) with the Description of a New Species from the Pliocene of Florida

Abstract

Nine species, including one from the Lower Eocene of France and eight, ranging in age from Claibornian (Middle Eocene) to basal Pleistocene, from the western Atlantic fossil faunas are here referred to the genus Agnocardia Stewart, 1930; also included is one new species from the Middle Pliocene of Florida. Two species, one from the Oligocene of Germany and one from the Middle Eocene of California, mentioned by Stewart in his discussion, are here considered as not being members of the taxonomic group.