Lunulicardia tumorifera Lamarck 1819 (cockle)

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae

Alternative combination: Cardium tumoriferum

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

Belongs to Lunulicardia according to J. J. Ter Poorten et al. 2017

See also Lamarck 1819

Sister taxa: Lunulicardia hemicardium, Lunulicardia retusa

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Lunulicardia tumorifera in the database

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