†Vepricardium verrucosum Lamarck 1824 (cockle)
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Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Alternative combinations: Cardium (Trachycardium) verrucosum, Cardium verrucosum, Freneixicardia verrucosa, Trachycardium verrucosum
Belongs to Vepricardium according to J. Le Renard and J.-M. Pacaud 1995
See also Schneider 2002 and Vredenburg 1928
Sister taxa: Vepricardium asperulum, Vepricardium delicatulum, Vepricardium multispinosum, Vepricardium sinense
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Oligocene of Pakistan (1 collection)
• Eocene of France (1)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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