Acanthocardia brunettii La Perna and D'Abramo 2013 (cockle)

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae

Full reference: R. La Perna and M. D'Abramo. 2013. Systematics of the Acanthocardia paucicostata group in the Mediterranean Plio-­Pleistocene, with description of a new species (Bivalvia, Cardiidae). Journal of Conchology 41(4):481-494

Belongs to Acanthocardia according to R. La Perna and M. D'Abramo 2013

Sister taxa: Acanthocardia (Acanthocardia), Acanthocardia (Agnocardia), Acanthocardia (Schedocardia), Acanthocardia afra, Acanthocardia becksii, Acanthocardia hanseata, Acanthocardia maputi, Acanthocardia massintonti, Acanthocardia mozambensis, Acanthocardia paucicostata, Cardium (Acanthocardia) cheribonense

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Acanthocardia brunettii in the database

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