Pleuriocardia (Incacardium) schneideri Devries 2019 (cockle)

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae

Full reference: T. J. Devries. 2019. Early Paleogene brackish-water molluscs from the Caballas Formation of the East Pisco Basin (Southern Peru). Journal of Natural History 53(25-26):1533-1584

Belongs to Pleuriocardia (Incacardium) according to T. J. Devries 2019

Sister taxon: Cardium (Incacardium) mellisum

Type specimen: UWBM 107573, a shell. Its type locality is UWBM B8772, which is in a Ypresian coastal horizon in the Caballas Formation of Peru.

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Eocene of Peru (3 collections)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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