Rostroconchia - Conocardiida - Conocardiidae
Alternative combinations: Cardium alaeforme, Cardium aliforme, Conocardium alaeforme
Synonyms: Conocardium minax Phillips 1836, Pleurorhynchus minax Phillips 1836
Full reference: J. Sowerby. 1815. The mineral conchology of Great Britain; or colored figures and descriptions of those remains of testaceous animals or shells, which have been preserved at various times and depths in the Earth. Parts XV to XVIII. The mineral conchology of Great Britain 1(15-18):179-234
Belongs to Conocardium according to J. Pojeta and B. Runnegar 1976
See also Amler and Rogalla 2004, Branson 1958, d'Orbigny 1850, de Koninck 1885, d’Archiac and de Verneuil 1842, Phillips 1836, Sommer 1909 and Sowerby 1827
Sister taxa: Conocardium (Conocardium), Conocardium acadianum, 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, Conocardium villmarense
Ecology: stationary semi-infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of Germany (1 collection), the United Kingdom (6)
Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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