Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Alternative combination: Cardium rhaeticum
Synonym: Protocardia proteus Krumbeck 1913
Belongs to Protocardia according to R. G. S. Hudson and R. P. S. Jefferies 1961
See also Krumbeck 1913
Sister taxa: Cardium (Protocardia) arkansense, Cardium (Protocardia) pauli, Cardium (Protocardium) granuliferum, Protocardia (Grypocardia), Protocardia (Leptocardia), Protocardia (Pachycardium), Protocardia (Protocardia), Protocardia (Tamilicardia), Protocardia alcesiana, Protocardia buckmani, Protocardia costaricensis, Protocardia dufrenoyca, Protocardia eduliformis, Protocardia gambrina, Protocardia hillana, Protocardia intexta, Protocardia lingulata, Protocardia luggudensis, Protocardia newberryana, Protocardia peregrinorsa, Protocardia pesolina, Protocardia philippiana, Protocardia piettei, Protocardia placerensis, Protocardia pulchella, Protocardia qinghaiensis, Protocardia razavii, Protocardia salrivalis, Protocardia somaliensis, Protocardia stantoni, Protocardia stonei, Protocardia striatula, Protocardia stricklandi, Protocardia subquadrata, Protocardia translucida, Protocardia truncata, Protocardia umkwelanensis, Protocardia virginiana, Protocardium (Brevicardium)
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Triassic to Jurassic of the United Kingdom (1 collection)
• Triassic of Austria (35), China (1), Germany (1), Indonesia (1), Iran (1), Italy (2), the Netherlands (1), Oman (1), Spain (1), the United Arab Emirates (1), the United Kingdom (10)
Total: 56 collections each including a single occurrence
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