Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Alternative combinations: Acrosterigma biradiatum, Cardium biradiatum
Full reference: J.-G. Bruguière. 1789. Histoire Naturelle des Vers. Tome VIeme. Librairie Panckoucke
Belongs to Laevicardium according to J. J. Ter Poorten 2009
See also Bruguière 1789 and Vidal 1999
Sister taxa: Cardium (Laevicardium) alaskensis, Cardium (Laevicardium) melvilli, Cardium (Laevicardium) mortoni, Cardium (Laevicardium) unicolor, Laevicardium (Habecardium), Laevicardium (Laevicardium), Laevicardium compressum, Laevicardium crassum, Laevicardium ecuadoriale, Laevicardium elatum, Laevicardium etheringtoni, Laevicardium leptorimum, Laevicardium lobulatum, Laevicardium multipunctatum, Laevicardium nemocardiforme, Laevicardium oblongum, Laevicardium papyraceum, Laevicardium pictum, Laevicardium pristis, Laevicardium serratum, Laevicardium substriatum, Laevicardium sybariticum, Laevicardium tristiculum, Laevicardium venustulum, Laevicardium vitellinum, Dinocardium (Exocardium) chipolanum
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Japan (1 collection), Taiwan (1)
• Pliocene of Japan (2)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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