Patagonicardium quadalensis Frassinetti and Covacevich 1999 (cockle)

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae

Full reference: D. Frassinetti and V. Covacevich. 1999. Invertibrados fósiles marinos de la Formación Guadal (Oligoceno superio-Mioceno inferior) en Pampa, Castillo region, región de Aisén, Chile. Servico Nacional de Geologia y Mineria Chile Boletin 51:1-96

Belongs to Patagonicardium according to D. Frassinetti and V. Covacevich 1999

Sister taxon: Patagonicardium iheringi

Type specimen: SGO.PI.4387, a shell

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Loc. 4 [Guadal Formation] (Miocene of Chile)

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