Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Alternative combination: Cardium pectiniforme
Synonym: Cardium rugosum Lamarck 1819
Belongs to Vasticardium according to A. J. W. Hendy 2007
See also Lamarck 1819
Sister taxa: Acrosterigma (Vasticardium) arenicola, Vasticardium angulatum, Vasticardium assimile, Vasticardium elongatum, Vasticardium enode, Vasticardium fidele, Vasticardium hyllebergi, Vasticardium kenyanum, Vasticardium neokenyanum, Vasticardium orbita, Vasticardium papuanum, Vasticardium philipinense, Vasticardium pulicarium, Vasticardium rubicundum, Vasticardium sewelli, Vasticardium somnueki, Vasticardium subrugosum, Vasticardium terpoorteni, Vasticardium vertebratum
Ecology: facultatively mobile shallow infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Eritrea (1 collection), Sudan (1)
• Miocene of Indonesia (1)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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