Rostroconchia - Conocardiida - Conocardiidae
Alternative combination: Cardium villmarense
Full reference: E. J. A. d’Archiac and E.P. de Verneuil. 1842. On the fossils of the older deposits in the Rhenish Provinces, preceded by a general survey of the fauna of the Palaeozoic rocks, and followed by a tabular list of the organic remains of the Devonian system in Europe. Transactions of the Geological Society of London, Series 2 6(3):303-410
Belongs to Conocardium according to E. Holzapfel 1895
See also Beushausen 1895 and d’Archiac and de Verneuil 1842
Sister taxa: Conocardium (Conocardium), Conocardium acadianum, Conocardium aliforme, Conocardium altum, Conocardium aquisgranense, Conocardium armatum, Conocardium clipeoforme, Conocardium cresswelli, Conocardium decussatum, Conocardium denticulatum, Conocardium elongatum, Conocardium eximum, Conocardium ferox, Conocardium formosum, Conocardium frater, Conocardium fusiforme, Conocardium gogoensis, Conocardium gympiense, Conocardium immatura, Conocardium incarceratum, Conocardium inceptum, Conocardium inflatum, Conocardium longipennis, Conocardium lyelli, Conocardium nevadensis, Conocardium nexile, Conocardium oehlerti, Conocardium philipsii, Conocardium plinthinatus, Conocardium prunum, Conocardium pseudobellum, Conocardium regulare, Conocardium renardi, Conocardium retusum, Conocardium richmondense, Conocardium rouxi, Conocardium securiforme, Conocardium sowerbyi, Conocardium spinalatum, Conocardium superstes, Conocardium tripartitum, Conocardium truncata, Conocardium uralicum, Conocardium ventriculosum
Ecology: stationary semi-infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Lummaton Quarries, West of St. Mary Church, Lummaton Parrish, Torquay (Devonian of the United Kingdom)
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