Laevicardium tristiculum Yokoyama 1924 (cockle)

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae

Alternative combination: Cardium tristiculum

Synonyms: Cardium esutoruensis Krishtofovich 1957, Laevicardium esutoruensis Krishtofovich 1957

Belongs to Laevicardium according to A. I. Kafanov et al. 2001

See also Gladenkov et al. 1988

Sister taxa: Cardium (Laevicardium) alaskensis, Cardium (Laevicardium) melvilli, Cardium (Laevicardium) mortoni, Cardium (Laevicardium) unicolor, Laevicardium (Habecardium), Laevicardium (Laevicardium), Laevicardium biradiatum, Laevicardium compressum, Laevicardium crassum, Laevicardium ecuadoriale, Laevicardium elatum, Laevicardium etheringtoni, Laevicardium leptorimum, Laevicardium lobulatum, Laevicardium multipunctatum, Laevicardium nemocardiforme, Laevicardium oblongum, Laevicardium papyraceum, Laevicardium pictum, Laevicardium pristis, Laevicardium serratum, Laevicardium substriatum, Laevicardium sybariticum, Laevicardium venustulum, Laevicardium vitellinum, Dinocardium (Exocardium) chipolanum

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Miocene of the Russian Federation (2 collections)

• Oligocene of the Russian Federation (2)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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