Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Alternative combinations: Cardium subrugosum, Vasticardium flavum
Full reference: G. B. Sowerby. 1839. The conchological illustrations or, Coloured figures of all the hitherto unfigured recent shells.
Belongs to Vasticardium according to J. J. Ter Poorten et al. 2017
See also Sowerby 1839 and Ter Poorten 2009
Sister taxa: Acrosterigma (Vasticardium) arenicola, Vasticardium angulatum, 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 terpoorteni, Vasticardium vertebratum
Ecology: facultatively mobile shallow infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Djibouti (3 collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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