Rostroconchia - Conocardiida - Conocardiidae
Full reference: R. D. Hoare. 2002. A new species of Conocardium Bronn, 1834 (Mollusca: Rostroconchia) from the Mississippian of Missouri, U.S.A. American Malacological Bulletin 17(1/2):123-124
Belongs to Conocardium according to R. D. Hoare 2002
Sister taxa: Conocardium (Conocardium), Conocardium acadianum, Conocardium aliforme, Conocardium altum, Conocardium aquisgranense, Conocardium armatum, Conocardium clipeoforme, Conocardium cresswelli, Conocardium decussatum, Conocardium denticulatum, Conocardium elongatum, Conocardium eximum, Conocardium ferox, Conocardium frater, Conocardium fusiforme, Conocardium gogoensis, Conocardium gympiense, Conocardium immatura, Conocardium incarceratum, Conocardium inceptum, Conocardium inflatum, Conocardium longipennis, Conocardium lyelli, Conocardium nevadensis, Conocardium nexile, Conocardium oehlerti, Conocardium philipsii, Conocardium plinthinatus, Conocardium prunum, Conocardium pseudobellum, Conocardium regulare, Conocardium renardi, Conocardium retusum, Conocardium richmondense, Conocardium rouxi, Conocardium securiforme, Conocardium sowerbyi, Conocardium spinalatum, Conocardium superstes, Conocardium tripartitum, Conocardium truncata, Conocardium uralicum, Conocardium ventriculosum, Conocardium villmarense
Type specimen: USNM 209298, a shell. Its type locality is Mine Dump near Dueweg, which is in a Chesterian carbonate limestone in the Carterville Formation of Missouri.
Ecology: stationary semi-infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Mine Dump near Dueweg
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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