Chaenocardiola triangulata Campbell and Engel 1963 (cockle)

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae

Full reference: K. S. W. Campbell and B. A. Engel. 1963. The faunas of the Tournaisian Tulcumba Sandstone and its members in the Werrie and Belvue synclines, New South Wales. Journal of the Geological Society of Australia 10(1):55-122

Belongs to Chaenocardiola according to K. S. W. Campbell and B. A. Engel 1963

Sister taxon: Chaenocardiola haliotoidea

Type specimen: F.7339 UNE, a shell. Its type locality is L76, Rangari Section, 6.2 km north, 2.5 km east of Kelvin, which is in a Hastarian carbonate limestone in the Rangari limestone Formation of Australia.

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Carboniferous of Australia (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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