Cardicarnia monticolla Kříž 1974 (clam)

Bivalvia - Cyrtodontida - Cardiolidae

Full reference: J. Kříž. 1974. New genera of Cardiolidae (Bivalvia) from the Silurian of the Carnic Alps. Věstník Ústředního Ústavu Geologického 49:171-176

Belongs to Cardicarnia according to J. Kříž 1999

See also Kříž 1974

Sister taxon: Cardicarnia barrandei

Type specimen: Geologische Bundesanstalt no. 4954. Its type locality is Mt. Cocco, which is in a Sheinwoodian marine horizon in the Kok Formation of Italy.

Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Mt. Cocco

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