Serripes (Serripes) groenlandicus Mohr 1786 (cockle)

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae

Alternative combinations: Cardium groenlandicum, Serripes groenlandicus, Serripes gronlandicus

Belongs to Serripes (Serripes) according to E. V. Coan et al. 2000

See also Barth 1956, Rosenberg 2005 and Wood 1850

Sister taxon: Serripes (Serripes) laperousii

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Canada (24: New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, Nunavut, Quebec collections), Greenland (8), Iceland (6), the United Kingdom (7), United States (14: Alaska, Maine, Washington)

• Pliocene of Iceland (3), Japan (1), the Russian Federation (2), the United Kingdom (2), United States (2: Alaska)

• Miocene of the Russian Federation (8)

• Oligocene to Miocene of the Russian Federation (1)

Total: 78 collections each including a single occurrence

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