Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Alternative combination: Cardium (Protocardia) texanum
Belongs to Protocardia according to R. W. Scott 1986
See also Shattuck 1903
Sister taxa: Cardium (Protocardia) arkansense, Cardium (Protocardia) pauli, Cardium (Protocardium) granuliferum, Protocardia (Grypocardia), Protocardia (Leptocardia), Protocardia (Pachycardium), Protocardia (Protocardia), Protocardia (Tamilicardia), Protocardia alcesiana, Protocardia buckmani, Protocardia costaricensis, Protocardia dufrenoyca, Protocardia eduliformis, Protocardia gambrina, Protocardia hillana, Protocardia intexta, Protocardia lingulata, Protocardia luggudensis, Protocardia newberryana, Protocardia peregrinorsa, Protocardia pesolina, Protocardia philippiana, Protocardia piettei, Protocardia placerensis, Protocardia pulchella, Protocardia qinghaiensis, Protocardia razavii, Protocardia rhaetica, Protocardia salrivalis, Protocardia somaliensis, Protocardia stantoni, Protocardia stonei, Protocardia striatula, Protocardia stricklandi, Protocardia subquadrata, Protocardia translucida, Protocardia truncata, Protocardia umkwelanensis, Protocardia virginiana, Protocardium (Brevicardium)
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Shoal Creek, Austin (Cretaceous of Texas)
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