Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Alternative combinations: Protocardia (Nemocardium) islahispaniolae, Protocardia islahispaniolae
Belongs to Nemocardium (Microcardium) according to H. E. Vokes 1989
See also Woodring 1925
Sister taxa: Microcardium aequiliratum, Microcardium jamaicense, Microcardium microtatum, Microcardium pazianum, Microcardium peramabile, Microcardium pollostum, Microcardium sakuraii, Microcardium tenuilamellosum, Microcardium tinctum, Microcardium trapezoidale, Microcardium velatum
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Pliocene of the Dominican Republic (2 collections)
• Miocene to Pliocene of the Dominican Republic (2)
• Miocene of the Dominican Republic (1)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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