Hippocardia truncata Pohl 1929 (mollusk)

Rostroconchia - Conocardiida - Hippocardiidae

Alternative combination: Conocardium truncatum

Full reference: E.R. Pohl. 1929. The Devonian of Wisconsin. Part 1. Lamellibranchiata. Milwaukee Public Museum Bulletin 11(1):1-100

Belongs to Hippocardia according to P. J. Wagner 2023

See also de Koninck 1885 and Hoare 1989

Sister taxa: Hippocardia alborza, Hippocardia angelicum, Hippocardia bellulus, Hippocardia crenata, Hippocardia cumberlandiae, Hippocardia curta, Hippocardia herculea, 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 ventricosum, Pleurorhynchus bellulus, Pleurorhynchus longipennis

Ecology: stationary semi-infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Hippocardia truncata in the database

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