Cardium (Trigoniocardia) ballenium Pilsbry and Olsson 1941 (cockle)

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae

Full reference: H. A. Pilsbry and A.A. Olsson. 1941. A Pliocene fauna from Western Ecuador. Proceedings of the Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 93:1-79

Belongs to Cardium (Trigoniocardia) according to H. A. Pilsbry and A.A. Olsson 1941

Sister taxa: Cardium (Trigoniocardia) cabopasadum, Cardium (Trigoniocardia) gadsdenense, Trigoniocardia (Apiocardia), Trigoniocardia (Goniacardia), Trigoniocardia (Trigoniocardia), Trigoniocardia carolinae, Trigoniocardia cordeliae, Trigoniocardia graniferum, Trigoniocardia heredia, Trigoniocardia sambaicum

Type specimen: Its type locality is Zone B (lower) - Jama Formation, which is in a Pliocene offshore sandstone in the Jama Formation of Ecuador

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Zone B (lower) - Jama Formation

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