Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Alternative combinations: Cardium (Trachycardium) muricatum, Cardium muricatum, Trachycardium muricatum
Belongs to Trachycardium (Dallocardia) according to I. R. da Silva Forti 1969
See also Holmes 1860 and Massemin et al. 2009
Sister taxa: Dallocardia quadragenarium, Dallocardia senticosum, Dallocardia vaquerosense, Dallocardia woodringi, Trachycardium (Dallocardia) baiterum, Trachycardium (Dallocardia) bowdenense, Trachycardium (Dallocardia) dominicense, Trachycardium (Dallocardia) phlyctaena, Trachycardium (Dallocardia) puebloense, Trachycardium (Dallocardia) sagaseri, Trachycardium (Dallocardia) tintinnabularum
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Brazil (1 collection), Cuba (2), the Dominican Republic (1), Panama (1), United States (14: Florida, Louisiana, North Carolina, South Carolina), Uruguay (1), Venezuela (1)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of United States (1: Florida)
• Pliocene of Venezuela (8)
Total: 30 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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