Protocardia (Protocardia) Beyrich 1845 (cockle)

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae

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

See also Gahr 2002

Sister taxa: Cardium (Protocardia) arkansense, Cardium (Protocardia) pauli, Cardium (Protocardium) granuliferum, Protocardia (Grypocardia), Protocardia (Leptocardia), Protocardia (Pachycardium), 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)

Subtaxa: Protocardia (Protocardia) alta Protocardia (Protocardia) philippiana Protocardia (Protocardia) striatulum

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Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Miocene of Cyprus (1 collection)

• Cretaceous of the Congo-Brazzaville (2), Egypt (1), India (1), Italy (1), Japan (9)

• Jurassic to Cretaceous of Japan (1)

• Jurassic of China (1), India (36), Iran (3), Japan (7), Jordan (2), Portugal (3), Serbia and Montenegro (2), Spain (2), the United Kingdom (1)

Total: 73 collections including 87 occurrences

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