†Cypricardia Lamarck 1819 (clam)
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Bivalvia - Cardiida - Trapezidae
Parent taxon: Cypricardiidae according to P. Bouchet et al. 2010
Sister taxa: Coralliophaga, Corbiculopsis, Glossocardia, Langvophorus, Pseudopleurophorus, Straelenotrapezium, Tortucardia, Trapezium, Kitsonia, Libitina, Lithophagella
Subtaxa: Cypricardia decurtata Cypricardia haguei Cypricardia siliqua
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Egypt (1 collection)
• Eocene of Egypt (1)
• Paleocene of Egypt (1)
• Cretaceous of Mexico (1), Spain (1), Switzerland (1)
• Jurassic of France (1), Italy (1)
• Triassic of Germany (2), Poland (1)
• Permian of Australia (1)
Total: 12 collections including 14 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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