Clinocardium (Keenocardium) californiense Deshayes 1839 (cockle)
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Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Alternative combinations: Cardium californiense, Clinocardium californiense, Keenocardium californiense, Laevicardium (Cerastoderma) californiense
Belongs to Clinocardium (Keenocardium) according to E. V. Coan et al. 2000
See also Keen 1936
Sister taxa: Clinocardium (Keenocardium) blandum, Clinocardium (Keenocardium) lispum, Keenocardium starobogatovi
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of United States (3: Alaska, California collections)
• Pliocene of Japan (3), the Russian Federation (2)
• Miocene of the Russian Federation (3)
Total: 11 collections each including a single occurrence
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