Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Alternative combinations: Cardium (Protocardia) nicolleti, Cardium nicolleti
Full reference: T. A. Conrad. 1854. Fossil Testacea of the Tertiary green-sand and marl-bed of Jackson, Miss. Determined and named by T. A. Conrad. Report on the agriculture and geology of Mississippi 289
Belongs to Nemocardium according to W. P. Woodring 1982
See also Conrad 1856 and Heilprin 1879
Sister taxa: Cardium (Nemocardium) bhagothorense, Cardium (Nemocardium) brasiliense, Nemocardium (Arctopratulum), Nemocardium (Brevicardium), Nemocardium (Divaricardium), Nemocardium (Keenaea), Nemocardium (Lophocardium), Nemocardium (Lyrocardium), Nemocardium (Nemocardium), Nemocardium (Pratulum), Nemocardium (Trifaricardium), Nemocardium (Varicardium), Nemocardium bechei, Nemocardium cooperii, Nemocardium eugenense, Nemocardium ezoense, Nemocardium granosulcatum, Nemocardium hadraterum, Nemocardium lene, Nemocardium lincolnensis, Nemocardium nicoletti, Nemocardium nitens, Nemocardium parile, Nemocardium patulum, Nemocardium plumsteadianum, Nemocardium salrivale, Nemocardium semiasperum, Nemocardium semitectum, Nemocardium turgidum
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (16: Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi collections)
• Paleocene of United States (1: Alabama)
Total: 17 collections each including a single occurrence
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