Rostroconchia - Conocardiida - Conocardiidae
Alternative combination: Cardium elongatum
Invalid subtaxa: Arca rostratum Fleming 1828 [replaced name], Cardium rostratum Fleming 1828 [replaced name], Conocardium rostratum Fleming 1828 [replaced name]
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 P. J. Wagner 2023
See also Amler and Rogalla 2004, Bronn 1835, de Koninck 1844, Hind 1900, Pojeta and Runnegar 1976 and Sowerby 1815
Sister taxa: Conocardium (Conocardium), Conocardium acadianum, Conocardium aliforme, Conocardium altum, Conocardium aquisgranense, Conocardium armatum, Conocardium clipeoforme, Conocardium cresswelli, Conocardium decussatum, Conocardium denticulatum, 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 Libya (1 collection), the United Kingdom (4)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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