Trachycardium (Trachycardium) brantlyi Weisbord 1929 (cockle)

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae

Alternative combination: Cardium (Cerastoderma) brantlyi

Full reference: N. E. Weisbord. 1929. Miocene Mollusca of Northern Colombia. Bulletin of American Paleontology 14(54):1-310

Belongs to Trachycardium (Trachycardium) according to A. J. W. Hendy et al. 2008

See also Weisbord 1929

Sister taxa: Trachycardium (Trachycardium) arcumbona, Trachycardium (Trachycardium) consors, Trachycardium (Trachycardium) isocardia, Trachycardium (Trachycardium) pessoae, Trachycardium (Trachycardium) schencki

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Morro Hermoso, Atlantico (Miocene of Colombia)

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