Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Alternative combination: Cardium melvilli
Full reference: R. B. Newton. 1905. An account of some marine fossils contained in limestone nodules found on the Mekran Beach, off Ormara Headland, Baluchistan. Geological Magazine 2:293-305
Belongs to Cardium (Laevicardium) according to E. Vredenburg 1928
See also Newton 1905
Sister taxa: Cardium (Laevicardium) alaskensis, Cardium (Laevicardium) mortoni, Cardium (Laevicardium) unicolor, Laevicardium (Habecardium), Laevicardium (Laevicardium), Laevicardium biradiatum, Laevicardium compressum, Laevicardium crassum, Laevicardium ecuadoriale, Laevicardium elatum, Laevicardium etheringtoni, Laevicardium leptorimum, Laevicardium lobulatum, Laevicardium multipunctatum, Laevicardium nemocardiforme, Laevicardium oblongum, Laevicardium papyraceum, Laevicardium pictum, Laevicardium pristis, Laevicardium serratum, Laevicardium substriatum, Laevicardium sybariticum, Laevicardium tristiculum, Laevicardium venustulum, Laevicardium vitellinum, Dinocardium (Exocardium) chipolanum
Type specimen: Unknown number, a shell
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Pakistan (3 collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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