Vasticardium angulatum Lamarck 1819 (cockle)

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae

Alternative combination: Cardium angulatum

Full reference: J. B. P. Lamarck. 1819. Histoire naturelle des Animaux sans vertèbres. Histoire des Polypes, Paris (Lanoë)

Belongs to Vasticardium according to J. J. Ter Poorten 2009

See also Lamarck 1819

Sister taxa: Acrosterigma (Vasticardium) arenicola, Vasticardium assimile, Vasticardium elongatum, Vasticardium enode, Vasticardium fidele, Vasticardium hyllebergi, Vasticardium kenyanum, Vasticardium neokenyanum, Vasticardium orbita, Vasticardium papuanum, Vasticardium pectiniforme, Vasticardium philipinense, Vasticardium pulicarium, Vasticardium rubicundum, Vasticardium sewelli, Vasticardium somnueki, Vasticardium subrugosum, Vasticardium terpoorteni, Vasticardium vertebratum

Ecology: facultatively mobile shallow infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Vasticardium angulatum in the database

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