Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Full reference: L. Riedel. 1933. Die Oberkreide vom Mungofluà in Kamerun und ihre Fauna. Beiträge zur Geologischen Erforschung der Deutschen Schutzgebiete 16:1-154
Belongs to Cardium according to R. A. Reyment 1955
See also Riedel 1933
Sister taxa: Cardium (Americardia), Cardium (Cardium), Cardium (Criocardium), Cardium (Dallocardia), Cardium (Eucardium), Cardium (Pachycardium), Cardium (Tulongocardium), Cardium angustatum, Cardium arcaeformis, Cardium asiaticum, Cardium barnense, Cardium bisectum, Cardium bottegoi, Cardium bourdoti, Cardium braunsi, Cardium casertanum, Cardium centifilosum, Cardium cloacinum, Cardium comoxense, Cardium concinnum, Cardium coosense, Cardium corallinum, Cardium costatum, Cardium cucullatum, Cardium cuculloides, Cardium curtum, Cardium cygnorum, Cardium dariesi, Cardium emmonsi, Cardium etheridgei, Cardium flavum, Cardium fragum, Cardium galaticum, Cardium hians, Cardium impeditium, Cardium inaequiconvexum, Cardium incomptum, Cardium indicum, Cardium interruptum, Cardium intersectum, Cardium khowaiteri, Cardium labronicum, Cardium ladinum, Cardium lithocardium, Cardium lobulatum, Cardium lucerna, Cardium maxicostatum, Cardium midyetti, Cardium miikense, Cardium moricinum, Cardium multicostatum, Cardium nanum, Cardium nodosulum, Cardium nodosum, Cardium nuculoides, Cardium ouachitense, Cardium ouralicum, Cardium pentagonum, Cardium perobliquum, Cardium perobliquum, Cardium philotarium, Cardium pisum, Cardium pygmaeum, Cardium quilonense, Cardium rachitis, Cardium regazzoni, Cardium rhynchonelloides, Cardium riogramamense, Cardium rudis, Cardium soldani, Cardium spillmani, Cardium strigilliferum, Cardium subalternatum, Cardium subcurtum, Cardium talahabense, Cardium tippanum, Cardium tropicum, Cardium tuba, Cardium tuberculatum, Cardium tumidum, Cardium venustum, Cardium verbeeki, Cardium zechi
Type specimen: Its type locality is Near Bombe, Mungo River, which is in a Coniacian carbonate limestone in the Mungo River Formation of Cameroon
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Cameroon (3 collections), Nigeria (2)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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