Avicularium dilatatum Cossmann 1906 (cockle)

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae

Alternative combination: Lithocardium dilatatum

Full reference: A. E. M. Cossmann. 1906. Mollusques éocéniques de la Loire-inférieure. Tome 3, 2 Pt. Bulletin de la Société des sciences naturelles de l'Ouest de la France Ser 2, 5:135-189

Belongs to Avicularium according to M. Harzhauser et al. 2008

See also Cossmann 1905

Sister taxa: Avicularium avicularium, Avicularium carinatum, Avicularium cymbula, Avicularium erroris, Avicularium granuligerum, Avicularium superbum, Avicularium trechmanni, Avicularium trentinum

Ecology: stationary epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Eocene of France (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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