Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Alternative spelling: Cardium (Fulvia)
Parent taxon: Laevicardiinae according to J. A. Schneider 1995
See also Lamprell and Whitehead 1992, Poutiers 2006, Sepkoski 2002 and Vokes 1980
Sister taxa: Discors, Laevicardium
Subtaxa: Fulvia aperta Fulvia australis Fulvia boholensis Fulvia colorata Fulvia dulcis Fulvia fragiformis Fulvia fragilis Fulvia hungerfordi Fulvia lineonotata Fulvia mutica Fulvia nienkeae Fulvia racketti Fulvia scalata Fulvia subquadrata Fulvia tenuicostata Fulvia undatopictum Fulvia vepris
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Australia (2 collections), Eritrea (1), Japan (8), Sudan (1)
• Pliocene of Japan (2)
• Miocene of Australia (2), Indonesia (1)
• Oligocene of Japan (1)
Total: 18 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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