Rostroconchia - Conocardiida - Hippocardiidae
Alternative combinations: Conocardium herculea, Conocardium herculeum
Belongs to Hippocardia according to P. J. Wagner 2023
See also Amler 1996, Branson 1958, de Koninck 1885, Hind 1900, Hoare and Aghababula 2001, Rogalla and Amler 2006 and Wilson 1970
Sister taxa: Hippocardia alborza, Hippocardia angelicum, Hippocardia bellulus, Hippocardia crenata, Hippocardia cumberlandiae, Hippocardia curta, Hippocardia herricki, Hippocardia hibernica, Hippocardia hydei, Hippocardia hystericum, Hippocardia intersculpta, Hippocardia kermani, Hippocardia konincki, Hippocardia monroica, Hippocardia mundulum, Hippocardia niagarense, Hippocardia obesum, Hippocardia ohioense, Hippocardia ornata, Hippocardia pristis, Hippocardia procumbens, Hippocardia pulchellum, Hippocardia reflexa, Hippocardia rhenana, Hippocardia tournaisense, Hippocardia truncata, Hippocardia ventricosum, Pleurorhynchus longipennis, Pleurorhynchus bellulus
Ecology: stationary semi-infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Hippocardia herculea in the database
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