Septocardia Hall 1877 (cockle)

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae

Parent taxon: Cardiinae according to H. E. Vokes 1980

See also Bouchet et al. 2010, Ros-Franch et al. 2014 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Acanthocardia, Bucardium, Cardiini, Cardium, Chesacardium, Criocardium, Dinocardiini, Dinocardium, Ethmocardium, Granocardium, Planicardium, Procardium, Rudicardium, Schedocardia, Vepricardiini, Vepricardium

Subtaxa: Septocardia crenata Septocardia peruviana Septocardia typica

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Type: Septocardia typica

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Triassic of Argentina (6 collections), Austria (1), Canada (3: British Columbia), Chile (2), Hungary (1), Italy (16), Mexico (2), Peru (5), the Russian Federation (1), Serbia and Montenegro (1), Singapore (1), United States (61: Alaska, Nevada, Oregon)

Total: 100 collections including 102 occurrences

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