Isocardia parisiense Deshayes 1829 (clam)

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Glossidae

Alternative combination: Trapezium parisiense

Belongs to Isocardia according to Cossmann 1886

Sister taxa: Isocardia azzarolae, Isocardia branneri, Isocardia buchii, Isocardia bulbosa, Isocardia chicoensis, Isocardia cor, Isocardia coutinhoana, Isocardia delta, Isocardia hendersoni, Isocardia ignolea, Isocardia irelandi, Isocardia parvula, Isocardia praecisa, Isocardia shumardi, Isocardia subsinuata

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Xiaokuzbai - Qimugen Fm (Lower Mbr) (Paleocene of China)

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