Bivalvia - Cardiida - Kalenteridae

Alternative combinations: Cardinia costata, Orthonota costata, Sanguinolites costatus

Full reference: J. Morris. 1845. Descriptions of fossils, Mollusca. Physical descriptions of New South Wales and Van Diemen’s Land 270-290

Belongs to Stutchburia according to J. B. Waterhouse 1988

Sister taxa: Stutchburia brasiliensis, Stutchburia compressa, Stutchburia cuneata, Stutchburia dianensis, Stutchburia etheridgei, Stutchburia farleyensis, Stutchburia guangdongensis, Stutchburia hoskingae, Stutchburia hunanensis, Stutchburia jiangxiensis, Stutchburia modioliformis, Stutchburia muderongensis, Stutchburia obliqua, Stutchburia oblonga, Stutchburia pallasi, Stutchburia recta, Stutchburia sangallii, Stutchburia simplex, Stutchburia sonorensis, Stutchburia tschernyschewi, Stutchburia variabilis, Stutchburia veneris

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Average measurements (in mm): shell 85.2 x 28.0, valve length 66.0