Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Alternative spellings: Nemocardium (Lophocardium), Protocardia (Lophocardium)
Parent taxon: Laevicardiinae according to J. J. Ter Poorten 2013
See also Clark and Durham 1946, Moore 2003, Olsson 1922, Schneider 1995, Sepkoski 2002, Vokes 1980 and Woodring 1982
Sister taxa: Arctopratulum, Brevicardium, Discors, Divaricardium, Frigidocardium, Fulvia, Habecardium, Keenaea, Laevicardium, Microcardium, Nemocardium, Pratulum, Trifaricardium
Subtaxa: Lophocardium cumingii Nemocardium (Lophocardium) gurabicum
Type: Cardium cumingii
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Costa Rica (1 collection), Haiti (1), Panama (1)
• Miocene of Costa Rica (1), the Dominican Republic (1), Ecuador (1), Panama (6)
• Eocene of Colombia (1)
Total: 13 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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