†Trachycardium (Mexicardia) dominicanum Dall 1900 (cockle)
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Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Alternative combinations: Cardium (Trachycardium) dominicanum, Cardium dominicanum
Belongs to Trachycardium (Mexicardia) according to H. E. Vokes 1989
See also Brown and Pilsbry 1911 and Woodring 1982
Sister taxon: Mexicardia procera
Subtaxa: Trachycardium (Mexicardia) dominicanum costaricanum
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Costa Rica (1 collection)
• Miocene of Colombia (1), the Dominican Republic (18), Panama (16), Venezuela (1)
• Eocene to Oligocene of Haiti (1)
Total: 38 collections each including a single occurrence
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