Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Alternative combinations: Cardium puelchum, Loxocardium puelchum
Belongs to Trachycardium according to D. Frassinetti 2001
See also Chiesa and Camacho 2001, Chiesa et al. 1995, del Rio 2004, Frassinetti and Covacevich 1999 and Gazdzicki and Pugaczewska 1984
Sister taxa: Cardium (Trachycardium) greenhoughi, Cardium (Trachycardium) mamillatum, Cardium (Trachycardium) minbuense, Cardium (Trachycardium) polycolpatum, Cardium (Trachycardium) protosubrugosum, Cardium (Trachycardium) riachuelense, Cardium (Trachycardium) sindiense, Trachycardium (Mexicardia), Trachycardium (Phlogocardia), Trachycardium (Regozara), Trachycardium (Trachycardium), Trachycardium cotteri, Trachycardium egmontianum, Trachycardium enode, Trachycardium eufaulensis, Trachycardium eversum, Trachycardium halaense, Trachycardium kinsmarae, Trachycardium lacunosum, Trachycardium mollyni, Trachycardium multiradiatum, Trachycardium planicostata, Trachycardium reynoldsi, Trachycardium rugosum, Trachycardium syriacum, Trachycardium thalassium, Cardium (Granocardium) sabulosum
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Antarctica (1 collection)
• Miocene of Argentina (11), Chile (5)
• Oligocene of Argentina (1)
Total: 18 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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