Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Alternative combination: Cardium egmontianum
Full reference: R. J. Shuttleworth. 1856. Description de nouvelles espèces. Première décade; espèces nouvelles pour la faune des Antilles. Journal de Conchyliologie 5:168-175
Belongs to Trachycardium according to N. D. Herrera et al. 2015
See also Shuttleworth 1856
Sister taxa: Cardium (Trachycardium) greenhoughi, Cardium (Trachycardium) mamillatum, Cardium (Trachycardium) minbuense, Cardium (Trachycardium) polycolpatum, Cardium (Trachycardium) protosubrugosum, Cardium (Trachycardium) riachuelense, Cardium (Trachycardium) sindiense, Trachycardium (Mexicardia), Trachycardium (Phlogocardia), Trachycardium (Regozara), Trachycardium (Trachycardium), Trachycardium cotteri, Trachycardium enode, Trachycardium eufaulensis, Trachycardium eversum, Trachycardium halaense, Trachycardium kinsmarae, Trachycardium lacunosum, Trachycardium mollyni, Trachycardium multiradiatum, Trachycardium planicostata, Trachycardium puelchum, Trachycardium reynoldsi, Trachycardium rugosum, Trachycardium syriacum, Trachycardium thalassium, Cardium (Granocardium) sabulosum
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of United States (5: Florida, South Carolina collections)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
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