†Pachycardium coronaensis Packard 1922 (cockle)
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Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Alternative combinations: Cardium coronaensis, Pachycardium coronaense
Full reference: E. L. Packard. 1922. New species from the Cretaceous of the Santa Ana Mountains, California. University of California Publications, Bulletin of the Department of Geological Sciences 13(10):413-462
Belongs to Pachycardium according to W. P. Popenoe 1937
See also Packard 1922 and Popenoe 1942
Sister taxon: Pachycardium remondianum
Type specimen: UCMP 12281
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of United States (4: California collections)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
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