Bivalvia - Myalinida - Lunulacardiidae

Alternative spelling: Lunulacardium (Prosochasma)

Full reference: L. Beushausen. 1895. Die Lamellibranchiaten des rheinischen Devon mit Ausschluss der Aviculiden. Abhandlungen der Königlich Preussichen geologischen Landesanstalt. 17:1-410

Parent taxon: Lunulacardiidae according to J. Nagel-Myers and M. R. W. Amler 2007

See also Cox et al. 1969, Sepkoski 2002 and Vokes 1980

Sister taxa: Buckhornia, Conocardiopsis, Guangxiconcha, Honeoyea, Lunulacardiinae, Lunulacardium, Metrocardia, Patrocardia, Pinnopsis, Pterochaenia, Pterochaeniinae, Opisthonia

Subtaxa: Prosochasma bickense Prosochasma muelleri Prosochasma mytiloides Prosochasma pyriforme

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Type: Prosochasma pyriforme

Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder

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