Protocardia Beyrich 1845 (cockle)

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae

Alternative spellings: Cardium (Protocardia), Cardium (Protocardium), Protocardium

Parent taxon: Protocardiinae according to J. A. Schneider 1995

See also Bouchet et al. 2010, Darragh 1970, Gabb 1864, Gabb 1869, Ronchetti 1970, Ros-Franch et al. 2014, Scholz et al. 2008, Sepkoski 2002, Vokes 1980 and Woodring 1982

Sister taxa: Anechinocardium, Frigidocardium, Lyrocardium, Microcardium

Subtaxa: Cardium (Protocardia) arkansense Cardium (Protocardia) pauli Cardium (Protocardium) granuliferum Protocardia (Grypocardia) Protocardia (Leptocardia) Protocardia (Pachycardium) Protocardia (Protocardia) Protocardia (Tamilicardia) Protocardia alcesiana Protocardia buckmani Protocardia costaricensis Protocardia dufrenoyca Protocardia eduliformis Protocardia gambrina Protocardia hillana Protocardia intexta Protocardia lingulata Protocardia luggudensis Protocardia newberryana Protocardia peregrinorsa Protocardia pesolina Protocardia philippiana Protocardia piettei Protocardia placerensis Protocardia pulchella Protocardia qinghaiensis Protocardia razavii Protocardia rhaetica Protocardia salrivalis Protocardia somaliensis Protocardia stantoni Protocardia striatula Protocardia stricklandi Protocardia subquadrata Protocardia translucida Protocardia truncata Protocardia umkwelanensis Protocardia virginiana Protocardium (Brevicardium)

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Type: Protocardia hillana

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Haiti (1 collection)

• Pliocene of Costa Rica (1), the Philippines (1), United States (2: Florida)

• Miocene of Cyprus (1), United States (1: Florida)

• Eocene of Peru (1), United States (2: Maryland, Mississippi)

• Paleocene of Denmark (4), United States (4: Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas)

• Cretaceous of Albania (1), Angola (3), Argentina (1), Austria (1), Brazil (5), Cameroon (4), Canada (15: Alberta, British Columbia, Saskatachewan, Saskatchewan), the Congo-Brazzaville (2), Denmark (2), Egypt (33), Gabon (1), Germany (3), India (2), Israel (2), Italy (2), Japan (14), Jordan (4), Lebanon (1), Libya (5), Madagascar (4), Mexico (11), Mozambique (3), New Zealand (9), Peru (2), the Russian Federation (10), Saudi Arabia (1), South Africa (4), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (1), Ukraine (1), the United Kingdom (5), United States (149: Alabama, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Georgia, Kansas, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Carolina, North Dakota, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Wyoming)

• Jurassic to Cretaceous of Antarctica (1), Japan (1)

• Jurassic of Afghanistan (1), Argentina (1), Canada (22: British Columbia, Northwest Territories, Yukon), Chile (44), China (16), Denmark (3), Eritrea (1), Ethiopia (1), France (41), Germany (3), Greenland (41), Hungary (1), India (66), Iran (6), Japan (10), Jordan (7), Kenya (15), Luxembourg (2), Madagascar (4), Mexico (7), Morocco (1), North Atlantic (1), Portugal (104), the Russian Federation (8), Saudi Arabia (29), Serbia and Montenegro (2), Somalia (8), Spain (95), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (2), Tanzania (21), Thailand (1), Tunisia (59), the United Kingdom (87), United States (11: Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming)

• Triassic to Jurassic of the United Kingdom (1)

• Triassic of Austria (35), China (2), Germany (2), Hungary (1), Indonesia (3), Iran (9), Italy (5), Laos (1), Myanmar (1), the Netherlands (1), Oman (1), Spain (1), the United Arab Emirates (1), the United Kingdom (15), United States (4: Alaska, Nevada)

Total: 1125 collections including 1280 occurrences

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