Dinocardium robustum Lightfoot 1786 (cockle)
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Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Alternative combination: Cardium robustum
Belongs to Dinocardium according to L. W. Ward and B.W. Blackwelder 1987
See also Woodring 1982
Sister taxa: Dinocardium cabezai, Dinocardium ecuadoriale, Dinocardium taphrium, Dinocardium vicksburgense, Laevicardium (Dinocardium) levyi, Laevicardium (Dinocardium) parkinsoni
Subtaxa: Dinocardium robustum hazeli
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of United States (37: Florida, Louisiana, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia collections)
• Pliocene of United States (2: Florida, South Carolina)
• Miocene of Panama (7)
Total: 46 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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