Fulvia australis Sowerby 1834 (cockle)

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae

Alternative combination: Cardium australe

Belongs to Fulvia according to A. J. W. Hendy 2007

Sister taxa: Fulvia aperta, Fulvia boholensis, Fulvia colorata, Fulvia dulcis, Fulvia fragiformis, Fulvia fragilis, Fulvia hungerfordi, Fulvia lineonotata, Fulvia mutica, Fulvia nienkeae, Fulvia racketti, Fulvia scalata, Fulvia subquadrata, Fulvia tenuicostata, Fulvia undatopictum, Fulvia vepris

Type specimen: Its type locality is Glendon Homestead, Hunter River (USNM coll), which is in a Wordian coastal siltstone in the Muree Formation of Australia

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Eritrea (1 collection), Sudan (1)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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