Avicularium Gray 1853 (cockle)

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae

Full reference: J. Gray. 1853. V.— A revision of the genera of some of the families of conchifera or Bivalve shells. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 11(61):33-44

Parent taxon: Tridacninae according to M. Harzhauser et al. 2008

See also Bouchet et al. 2010 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Byssocardium, Hippopus, Omanidacna, Tridachnes, Tridacna

Subtaxa: Avicularium avicularium Avicularium carinatum Avicularium cymbula Avicularium dilatatum Avicularium erroris Avicularium granuligerum Avicularium superbum Avicularium trechmanni Avicularium trentinum

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Ecology: stationary epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Oligocene of Bulgaria (1 collection), Italy (1)

• Eocene of France (7), Italy (2), Jamaica (2)

Total: 13 collections each including a single occurrence

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