†Loxocardium multisquamatum Deshayes 1858 (cockle)
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Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Alternative combination: Cardium multisquamatum
Belongs to Loxocardium according to J. Le Renard and J.-M. Pacaud 1995
See also Cossmann and Pissarro 1904
Sister taxa: Loxocardium bouei, Loxocardium impeditum, Loxocardium obliquum, Loxocardium sublima, Loxocardium sublimoides
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Saint-Vast-les-Mello, Barisseuse (Eocene of France)
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