Cardinia rugosa Parona 1890 (clam)

Bivalvia - Carditida - Cardiniidae

Full reference: C. F. Parona. 1890. I fossili del Lias inferiore di Saltrio in Lombardia. Atti della Società Italiana di Scienze Naturali 33:69-104

Belongs to Cardinia according to C. F. Parona 1890

Sister taxa: Cardinia andium, Cardinia concinna, Cardinia gibbosum, Cardinia gleimi, Cardinia hybrida, Cardinia indigirkaensis, Cardinia listeri, Cardinia ponderosa, Cardinia similis, Cardinia toriyamai

Type specimen: Its type locality is Saltrio (Parona material), which is in a Sinemurian carbonate limestone in the Saltrio Formation of Italy

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Saltrio (Parona material)

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