Bivalvia - Myalinida - Lunulacardiidae
Alternative spelling: Patrocardium
Parent taxon: Lunulacardiidae according to H. E. Vokes 1980
See also Cox et al. 1969, Heritsch 1929 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Buckhornia, Conocardiopsis, Guangxiconcha, Honeoyea, Lunulacardiinae, Lunulacardium, Metrocardia, Pinnopsis, Prosochasma, Pterochaenia, Pterochaeniinae, Opisthonia
Subtaxa: Patrocardia cuspidata Patrocardia evolvens
Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Devonian of Austria (1 collection), the Czech Republic (4), France (1), Italy (1), Morocco (6)
• Silurian of Austria (4), the Czech Republic (8), France (2), Italy (8), Morocco (1), Spain (1)
Total: 37 collections including 52 occurrences
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