†Pleuriocardia (Incacardium) schneideri Devries 2019 (cockle)
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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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