Trigoniocardia (Trigoniocardia) haitensis Sowerby 1850 (cockle)

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae

Alternative combinations: Cardium (Fragum) haitense, Cardium (Trigoniocardia) haitense, Cardium haitense, Trigoniocardia (Apiocardia) haitensis, Trigoniocardia haitensis

Belongs to Trigoniocardia (Trigoniocardia) according to H. E. Vokes 1989

See also Woodring 1982

Sister taxa: Trigoniocardia (Trigoniocardia) aliculum, Trigoniocardia (Trigoniocardia) aminensis, Trigoniocardia (Trigoniocardia) hannai, Trigoniocardia (Trigoniocardia) minutissima, Trigoniocardia (Trigoniocardia) samanicum

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Pliocene of the Dominican Republic (10 collections), Jamaica (6)

• Miocene to Pliocene of the Dominican Republic (12)

• Miocene of the Dominican Republic (79), Haiti (2), Puerto Rico (1)

Total: 110 collections each including a single occurrence

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