Pterocardia Bayan 1874 (clam)

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Pterocardiidae

Parent taxon: Pterocardiidae according to P. Bouchet et al. 2010

See also Kiessling 2003 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Pterocardiinae, Tulongocardiinae

Subtaxa: Pterocardia andriacensis Pterocardia eparcyensis Pterocardia pesbovis Pterocardia subminuta

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Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Jurassic of France (32 collections), Germany (3), Saudi Arabia (12), Spain (6), the United Kingdom (1)

Total: 54 collections including 77 occurrences

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