Glossocardia Stoliczka 1870 (clam)

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Trapezidae

Alternative spelling: Trapezium (Glossocardia)

Parent taxon: Trapeziidae according to H. E. Vokes 1980

See also Kosnik 2002 and Lamprell and Whitehead 1992

Sister taxa: Coralliophaga, Corbiculopsis, Langvophorus, Pseudopleurophorus, Straelenotrapezium, Tortucardia, Trapezium, Kitsonia, Cypricardia, Libitina, Lithophagella

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Glossocardia in the database

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