Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae

Alternative spelling: Nemocardium (Frigidocardium)

Parent taxon: Protocardiinae according to J.-M. Poutiers 2006

See also Lamprell and Whitehead 1992, Schneider 1995, Sepkoski 2002 and Vokes 1980

Sister taxa: Anechinocardium, Lyrocardium, Microcardium, Protocardia

Subtaxa: Frigidocardium centumliratum Frigidocardium eos Frigidocardium exasperatum Frigidocardium helios Frigidocardium iris Frigidocardium kiranum Frigidocardium sancticaroli Frigidocardium torresi Frigidocardium valdentatum

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Type: Cardium eos

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Kikai Island, Kamikatetsu, reef molluscs (Quaternary of Japan)

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