Nemocardium (Nemocardium) diversum Conrad 1848 (cockle)

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae

Alternative combinations: Cardium (Protocardium) diversum, Cardium diversum, Nemocardium diversum, Protocardia diversa, Protocardium diversa

Full reference: T. A. Conrad. 1848. Observations on the Eocene formations, and descriptions of one hundred and five new fossils from that period, from the vicinity of Vicksburg, Mississippi; with an appendix. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 3:280-299

Belongs to Nemocardium (Nemocardium) according to D. T. Dockery 1982

See also Conrad 1848 and Mansfield 1940

Sister taxa: Nemocardium (Nemocardium) eocenense, Nemocardium (Nemocardium) linteum, Nemocardium (Nemocardium) lorenzanum, Nemocardium (Nemocardium) yokoyamai

Subtaxa: Nemocardium diversum waynense

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Type specimen: ANSP 30651, a shell

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Oligocene of Mexico (3 collections), United States (47: Alabama, Mississippi, North Carolina)

Total: 50 collections each including a single occurrence

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