Trachycardium (Dallocardia) phlyctaena Dall 1900 (cockle)

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae

Alternative combination: Cardium (Cerastoderma) phlyctaena

Belongs to Trachycardium (Dallocardia) according to W. P. Woodring 1982

See also Mansfield 1940

Sister taxa: Dallocardia quadragenarium, Dallocardia senticosum, Dallocardia vaquerosense, Dallocardia woodringi, Trachycardium (Dallocardia) baiterum, Trachycardium (Dallocardia) bowdenense, Trachycardium (Dallocardia) dominicense, Trachycardium (Dallocardia) muricatum, Trachycardium (Dallocardia) puebloense, Trachycardium (Dallocardia) sagaseri, Trachycardium (Dallocardia) tintinnabularum

Type specimen: USNM 157570, a shell

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Miocene of Panama (11 collections)

• Oligocene to Miocene of United States (5: Florida)

• Oligocene of Panama (1), United States (1: Florida)

Total: 18 collections each including a single occurrence

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