Pratulum hemimeris Tate 1887 (cockle)

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae

Alternative combination: Cardium hemimeris

Full reference: R. Tate. 1887. The Lamellibranchs of the older Tertiary of Australia (Part 2). Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of South Australia 9:142-189

Belongs to Pratulum according to T. A. Darragh and G. W. Kendrick 2008

See also Darragh 1970 and Tate 1887

Sister taxa: Pratulum antisemigranulatum, Pratulum scrobiculatum, Pratulum thetidis, Pratulum victoriae

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Miocene of Australia (1 collection)

• Eocene of Australia (1)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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