Baluchicardia is an extinct genus of fossil saltwater clams in the family Carditidae. These clams were facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeders.
Subtaxa Some authors consider Baluchicardia a subgenus of Venericardia.E. Ghiozzi, A. Malatesta I molluschi del Paleocene, pg. 92
Baluchicardia francescae Baluchicardia nuriae Baluchicardia obliquata Venericardia (Baluchicardia) ameliae Venericardia (Baluchicardia) amplicrenata Venericardia (Baluchicardia) bulla Venericardia (Baluchicardia) greggiana Venericardia (Baluchicardia) hesperia Venericardia (Baluchicardia) moa Venericardia (Baluchicardia) whitei Venericardia (Baluchicardia) wilcoxensis
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.
References
Sepkoski, Jack Sepkoski's Online Genus Database – Bivalvia Encyclopedia of Life