Vepricardium verrucosum Lamarck 1824 (cockle)

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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